RPC III, 979

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 979
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 S - P R, COM - BIT (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)
Edition S(enatus) P(opulus) R(omanus) Com(mune) Bit(hyniae) Rom(ae) S(enatui) P(opulo) Aug(usto)
Translation the senate (and) Roman people, the koinon of Bithynia, to Rome, the Senate, the people, (and) Augustus
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of three steps; shield in pediment
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.34 g
Reference Metcalf B12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M 30
3 3     ✸ NAC 95, 6 Oct. 2016, lot 260, ex Gorny & Mosch 114, 4 Mar. 2002, lot 270