RPC III, 975

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 975
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, male figure in military dress standing right holding spear in right and Victory in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.49 g
Reference Metcalf B6
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –3     M 24a-b, d
5 5     ✸ CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1473 (ex Münzen und Medaillen 43, 12 Nov. 1970, lot 347; Lanz 94, 22 Nov. 1999, lot 478) = Metcalf B24c
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 1920