RPC III, 978

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 978
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription KOM BIT (sic) - (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)
Reverse design temple with four columns on podium of three steps; within, male figure in military dress holding spear in right and Victory in left crowned by helmeted Roma standing left facing him, holding cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference Metcalf B10
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.45577 M 29