RPC III, 972

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 972
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 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 four columns on podium of three steps, with pellet in pediment; within, togate male standing right holding spear in right and Victory in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.54 g
Axis 6
Reference Metcalf B5
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.459A
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 6: same pair of dies. 1–3, 6–7: same obv. die as 971/1. 4: same obv. die as 971/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M 19
2 2     M 20
3 3     M 21
4 4     M 22
5 5     M 23
6 6     ✸ CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1485
7 7     Lanz 1335, 21 May 2007, lot 676
8 8     CNG 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 973
9 9     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2975 = ETB coll. = Savoca Online Auction 29, 30 Dec. 2018, lot 194