RPC III, 978

 

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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
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 head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription KOM BIT (sic) - (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)
Edition Kom(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 holding spear in right and Victory in left crowned by helmeted Roma standing left facing him, holding cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.08 g
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