RPC III, 998

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 998
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 and draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑϹ
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of two steps; pellet in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Rec 44–45
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 20
2 2     Cop SNG 326
3 3 –4     Bursa Museum: see H. Güney, 'Unpublished Coins of the Bithynian Koinon', Arkeoloji ve Sanat 149‏ (2015), p. 87
6 6     Iznik Museum: see H. Güney, 'Unpublished Coins of the Bithynian Koinon', Arkeoloji ve Sanat 149‏ (2015), p. 87