RPC III, 977A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 977A
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 Imperatori Caesari Traiano Hadriano Augusto Patri Patriae 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 Commune Bithyniae Romae Senatui Populo Augusto 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 distyle temple on podium; within, in the centre, male figure in military dress standing facing, head right, holding spear in right and Victory in left crowned by helmeted Roma standing left facing him, holding cornucopia; on the left, female figure veiled standing right, resting on spear with her right and holding ? in her left
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.80 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ ETB coll. (ex Biga 6, 2021, lot 388)