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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae
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)
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of three steps; pellet in pediment
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
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.

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