RPC III, 969

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 969
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 TRAI HADRIANO AVG P P
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Trai(ano) 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; three pellets in pediment
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.86 g
Axis 6
Reference Metcalf B2
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M 10
2 2     ✸ CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 1057
3 3     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2973 = ETB coll., ex Den of Antiquity