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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, r.
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑϹ
Reverse design temple with two columns on podium of two steps; within, Capitoline triad: in the centre, Zeus stands facing, resting with r. hand on long sceptre, between Hera, l. standing r. and Athena, r., standing l. Hera rests with l. hand on long sceptre Athena crowns Zeus and holds aphlaston in her l. hand
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 35
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

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