RPC III, 991

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 991
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue I. 3
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 Κοινόν Βειθυνίας
Translation Koinon of Bithynia
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of two steps; in pediment, pellet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.19 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 41
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 989/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1215.114
2 2     O
3 3     O
4 4     ✸ P: 176 Rec pl. XXXVI, 9
5 5     A-KIKPE: FHW Γ 298
6 6     V: GR 15400
7 7     V: GR 15403 (T 1434)
8 8     B: 138/1914
9 9     NY: 1944.100.42387 (ex Prowe coll.)
10 10     Helios 5, Vogl coll., 25 June 2010, lot 621 (ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 6, 5–6 Oct. 1989, lot 374)