RPC III, 977A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 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 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

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