RPC III, 970B

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 970B
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, draped and cuirassed 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; three pellets in pediment
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.51 g
Axis 6
Reference Metcalf B3
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.461C
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same obv. die.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2974 = ETB coll. = Savoca Online Auction 29, 30 Dec. 2018, lot 193
2 2     Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 9118 = NAC R, 17 May 2007, lot 1525
3 3     M 11
4 4     Jean ELSEN & ses Fils s.a. 162, 13–14 June 2025, lot 391 (ex Kunst und Münzen, Lugano, 3, 6-8 Nov. 1969, lot 262; F.R. Künker 347, 22-23 March 2021, lot 436) = M 12