RPC III, 24

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 24
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Nominative Imperator Augustus Traianus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, with paludamentum on left shoulder, viewed from front, left
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤωΝ
Reverse design Cybele turreted seated left on throne, holding patera in her right hand, left arm resting on tympanum; at her feet, left and right, a lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Reference Sv 73
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend clockwise starting at 12
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 18
2 2     B: I-B Sv pl. XXXIV, 11: rev.
3 3     B: Löbb.