RPC III, 998

 

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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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊ(ανός) Ἁδριανός Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ-ΝΟΝ ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑϹ
Edition Κοινόν Βειθυνίας
Translation Koinon of Bithynia
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of two steps; pellet in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.32 g
Reference Rec 44–45
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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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3 3 –4     Bursa Museum: see H. Güney, 'Unpublished Coins of the Bithynian Koinon', Arkeoloji ve Sanat 149‏ (2015), p. 87
6 6     Iznik Museum: see H. Güney, 'Unpublished Coins of the Bithynian Koinon', Arkeoloji ve Sanat 149‏ (2015), p. 87