RPC III, 982

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 982
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 bust of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription S P - Q R (in field), COM BIT (in ex.), ROM AVG (in entablature)
Edition S(enatus) P(opulus)q(ue) R(omanus) Com(mune) Bit(hyniae) Rom(ae) Aug(usto)
Translation The Senate and Roman People, the koinon of Bithynia; to Rome (and) Augustus
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of three steps; pellet in pediment
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.33 g
Axis 7
Reference Metcalf B14
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–5: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L M 32
2 2     P M 33
3 3     M 34 = Hess, 22 May 1935, lot 1093
4 4     Turin M 35a
5 5     M 35b = Mazzini 2, p. 75
6 6     CNG 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 1107
7 7     ✸ CNG 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 977