AR25 - Hadrian KOM BIT (sic) - (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)

The legend KOM BIT — a compressed form of KOINON BITHYNIAS — identifies this as a provincial cistophoric-weight issue struck under the authority of the Bithynian koinon, the league of cities that administered the imperial cult across the province. The "sic" notation in the catalog suggests an irregular or abbreviated spelling on this specific die, not uncommon given the decentralized nature of provincial engraving workshops where local craftsmen sometimes compressed legends to fit the flan.

Hadrian traveled through Bithynia and Pontus in person, likely around 123–124 AD, and the province had particular dynastic significance — Nicomedia had been the capital of the old Bithynian kingdom before Rome absorbed it as a bequest in 74 BC.