RPC III, 970A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 970A
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 and draped bust of Hadrian right, seen from rear
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 weight 10.44 g
Reference Metcalf B3
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.461C
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 2, 4: same obv. die.
Note 1-4, 6-7 and 11: laureate, cuirassed and draped bust of Hadrian r., seen from rear
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M 13
2 2     M 14
3 3     ✸ CNG 75, 23 May 2007, lot 1058 (ex CNG 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 1199; CNG 66, 19 May, 2004, lot 1472)
4 4     Berk BBS 180, 16 Aug. 2012, lot 579