RPC III, 987

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 987
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 radiate head of Hadrian, right
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 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 an aphlaston in her left hand; sacrificing Genius in pediment (?); Victories on raking cornices and on apex (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Reference Rec 37
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 11
2 2     V: GR 15409
3 3     R. Pudill coll.