RPC III, 973

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 973
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 four columns on podium of three steps; within, togate male standing right holding spear in right and Victory in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.77 g
Reference Metcalf —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Goldberg 41, 27 May 2007, lot 2929 (ex Triton X, 9 Jan. 2007, lot 627)
2 2     ✸ Gemini II, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 400