Hadrian, AE24 of Hadriani? (or Tium), Bithynia.

..ADRIANOC CEB, laureate head right.
(from top right) TYXH ADRIANWN (or TYXH TIANWN), Tyche 
standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.

There are not many cities this could come from, because of 
the period during which the legend was used. Bithynia seems 
to be the only region which struck coins during the time of 
Antoninus Pius/ Marcus Aurelius - the other areas generally 
used the name TYXH only from about Caracalla onwards. 

Another thing is the relatively short city name, if the size 
of the letters is constant, and the legend is balanced left-
right, as it appears to be, the city name can only have 6-8 
letters. 

So I have a feeling that this coin is from Bithynia, but is 
not listed for Hadrian (not in BMC, Waddington, Mionnet, 
Weber, Isegrim, SNG Cop, - von Aulock, - Turkey, RecGen etc.)

Contributed by John Aiello, June 2013.
50.



_bithynia

JA