RPC III, 968

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 968
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Reverse legend includes COM BIT
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Tra(iano) Hadriano Aug(usto) P(atri) P(atriae)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription COM - BIT (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)
Edition Com(mune) Bit(hyniae) Rom(ae) S(enatui) P(opulo) Aug(usto)
Translation the koinon of Bithynia, to Rome, the Senate, the people, (and) Augustus
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of three steps
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.62 g
Axis 6
Reference Metcalf B1
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.461B
Specimens 29 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 5, 18: same pair of dies. 5, 18–20: same obv. die. 6, 21: same obv. die. 9, 22: same obv. die. 12–13: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M 1
2 2     M 2
3 3     M 3
4 4     M 4
5 5     M 5
6 6     M 6
7 7     M 7
8 8     M 8
9 9     M 9
10 10     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1328
11 11     Triton 7, 12 Jan. 2004, lot 963 (ex Triton 4, 5 Dec. 2000, lot 540)
12 12     Gemini 2, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 398
13 13     CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1481
14 14     Lanz 135, 21 May 2007, lot 677
15 15     CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 1055
16 16     CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 1056
17 17     Peus 386, 26 Apr. 2006, lot 750
18 18     CNG 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 971
19 19     CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1482
20 20     CNG 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1600
21 21     CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1483
22 22     CNG 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 972
23 23     CNG 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 899
24 24     Lanz 128, 22 May 2006, lot 418
25 25 –27     Bursa Museum: see H. Güney, 'Unpublished Coins of the Bithynian Koinon', Arkeoloji ve Sanat 149‏ (2015), p. 86.
28 28     ✸ Roma Numismatics XX, 29 Oct. 2020, lot 378, ex Roma Numismatics XVII, 28 Mar. 2019, lot 644
29 29     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2972 = ETB coll. = CNG EA 358, 26 Aug. 2015, lot 345