RPC III, 976

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 976
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 TRAI HADRIANO AVG P P
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Trai(ano) 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, with small aegis on left shoulder
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 shield in pediment; within, male figure in military dress standing right holding spear in right and Victory in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.27 g
Axis 6
Reference Metcalf B7
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.459C
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18214138, 1852/11325 M. 25
2 2     M. 26a
3 3     M. 26b
4 4     Freiburg: 01596
5 5     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2976 = ETB coll. (ex Heritage Online Auction #232025, 17-18 June 2020, lot 63164)