RPC III, 979

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 979
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Reverse legend includes COM BIT
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Tra(iano) Hadriano Aug(usto) P(atri) P(atriae)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription S - P R, COM - BIT (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)
Edition S(enatus) P(opulus) R(omanus) Com(mune) Bit(hyniae) Rom(ae) S(enatui) P(opulo) Aug(usto)
Translation the senate (and) Roman people, the koinon of Bithynia; to Rome, the Senate, the people, (and) Augustus
Reverse design temple with eight columns on podium of three steps; shield in pediment
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.34 g
Reference Metcalf B12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     M 30
3 3     ✸ NAC 95, 6 Oct. 2016, lot 260, ex Gorny & Mosch 114, 4 Mar. 2002, lot 270