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AR27 - Hadrian S - P R, COM - BIT (in field), ROM S P AVG (in entablature)
| Issuer | Koinon of Bithynia (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, laureate and draped bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered with finely detailed curly hair and a short beard characteristic of Hadrianic portraiture. The effigy displays a paludamentum fastened at the right shoulder. The encircling Latin legend reads IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P, distributed around the beaded border of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | A frontal octastyle temple of Roma set upon a three-stepped podium (stylobate), the façade presenting eight fluted columns supporting a triangular pediment ornamented with a circular shield or disc motif at the apex. The inscription ROM S P AVG appears prominently in the entablature frieze between the cornice and architrave, while the field legends S - P R to the left and right and COM - BIT below identify this as a provincial issue of the Koinon of Bithynia. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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