RPC III, 990

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 990
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Sabina (Augusta)
Issue I. 2
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Σαβεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Sabina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Sabina, right, with hair coiled and piled on top of head above double stephane
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑϹ
Edition Κοινὸν Βειθυνίας
Translation Koinon of Bithynia
Reverse design temple with four columns on podium of two steps; pediment has star between pellets; within, draped female figure (Empress?) stands right or left, resting with right hand on long sceptre, holding patera in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.88 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 60
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps the fugure is male: Hadrian?
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 190 Rec pl. XXXVII, 2
2 2     Lanz 97, 22 May 2000, lot 609
3 3     Sarkaya Museum: see H. Güney, 'Unpublished Coins of the Bithynian Koinon', Arkeoloji ve 149‏ (2015), p. 87, no. 16
4 4     ETB coll., ex Naville Auction 22, 1 May 2016, lot 198
5 5     ✸ R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Leu EA 18, 18-20 Dec. 2021, lot 1906
6 6     CGT coll. = Savoca 125th Blue, 29 Jan. 2022, lot 501