Hadrian AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Koinon of Bithynia. After AD 128. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANO AVG P P, bare head to right / Tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, male figure in military dress holding spear and Victory standing to right, crowned by helmeted Fortuna standing to left facing him; ROM S P AVG within frieze; COM-BIT across fields. RPC III 977 var. (obv. legend); Metcalf, Cistophori B9 var. (same); otherwise unpublished. 10.10g, 26mm,7h.
Good Very Fine; minor porosity, beautifully centred. Extremely Rare; only one example of the type cited by RPC, of which this is a variant.
From the Antonio Carmona Collection.