RPC III, 986

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 986
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 bare head of Hadrian, r.
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑϹ
Reverse design temple with two columns on podium of two steps; in pediment, uncertain figure between pellets; 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 an aphlaston in her l. hand
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.42390
2 2     Aiello (ex Pegasi Numismatics BBS 99, 25 Nov. 1996, lot 149)
3 3     CNG MBS 47, 16 Sept. 1998, lot 880
4 4     ✸ MM Deutschland 15, Righetti coll., 21–22 Oct. 2004, lot 278
5 5     CGT coll.