RPC III, 980

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 980
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 diademed head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription S - P R, COM - BIT (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)
Edition Senatus Populus Romanus Commune Bithyniae Romae Senatui Populo Augusto 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 10.96 g
Reference Metcalf —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2009.110.182 ex Triton ΙΧ, 10 Jan. 2006, lot 1464