RPC III, 992

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 992
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue I. 3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑϹ
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of two steps; in pediment, pellet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 41
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 6: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 17 (and pl. XXIV, 8)
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1264 ex vA 284; MM 52, 19–20 June 1975, lot 624
3 3     G SNG 1049
4 4     C McClean 7440 (pl. 253, 15)
5 5     Istanbul: Sadberk Hanim Museum 121
6 6     MM 81, 18–19 Sept. 1995, lot 455 (ex Auctiones 15, 18–19 Sept. 1985, lot 256)
7 7     Lanz 92, 4–5 June 1999, lot 585
8 8     R. Pudill coll. (ex Peus 398, 28–30 Apr. 2009, lot 666)
9 9     Pecunem 5, 7 July 2013, lot 185
10 10     ✸ Künker 288, 13 Mar. 2017, lot 561
11 11     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 229
12 12     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2532 = ETB coll. = Roma EA 35, 3 May 2017, lot 473