RPC III, 985

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 985
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue I. 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑϹ
Edition Κοινὸν Βειθυνίας
Translation Koinon of Bithynia
Reverse design temple with two columns on podium of two steps; within, Capitoline triad: in the centre, Zeus stands facing, resting with right hand on long sceptre, between Hera, left standing right and Athena, right, standing left Hera rests with left hand on long sceptre Athena crowns Zeus and holds aphlaston in her left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.57 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 35
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 10 (pl. XXIV, 7: rev.)
2 2     C McClean 7438 (pl. 253, 14)
3 3     P: 170 Rec. pl. XXXVI, 7
4 4     P: 171
5 5     Cop SNG 323
6 6     Tübingen SNG 2173
7 7     Hanım: 120
8 8     ✸ Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 819 = ex Boston MFA 62.310
9 9     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2531 = ETB coll., ex Ebay
10 10     Vcoins Praefectus May 2018