RPC III, 984

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 984
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from front
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
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.04 g
Reference Metcalf B15
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ M 36 = vA 6606 = NAC 74, 18 Nov. 2013, lot 307
2 2     M 37 = Mazzini 2, p. 75 = Santamaria, 26 June 1950, lot 649 = Schulman, 5 Mar. 1923, lot 1288 = Hirsch 18, 27 May 1907, lot 1872
3 3     CNG 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1488