Cistophor of Hadrian, “ΒΕΙΘΥΝΙΑΣ”

Inscriptions

Obverse: Bust of Hadrian, facing right, laureate. Legend: [AYT KAI]S TG[AI A?GIANOS SEBA] (Autokrator Kaisar Traianos Hadrianos Sebastos) clockwise from seven o’clock. Reverse: Distyle temple façade with a figure performing sacrifice in the pediment. Within the temple are three figures: on the left, a draped female figure (possibly Bithynia) with a scepter; in the center, Hadrian holding a scepter in his right hand; on the right, a draped female figure (possibly Roma) crowning Hadrian with her right hand and holding a palm in her left hand. Legend: KOI[NON] ???T??[??S] (city of Bithynia) in exergue.

Course History

CLST 18, HIST 94.6, History of the Roman Empire, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2012

WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019

WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019

Exhibition History

Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Yale University Collection-Sharing Initiative, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 5-June 24, 2012.

Publication History

IMPERIUM ROMANUM IN NUMMIS, The Roman Empire in and on Its Coinage, a booklet with entries created by Dartmouth students and Professor Roberta Stewart, Spring 2012, no. 8, Anne Ressler, Class of 2014.

Provenance

Gemini Numismatics Auctions, LLC, Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 2010.

Catalogue Raisonne

Rec. Gen. 35; BM 10 var.

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