RPC III, 3006

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3006
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Cos VI, Trajan not yet optimus
Dating AD 112–14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus tribunicia potestate consul VI
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear, globe beneath
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ
Reverse design female bust (Artemis ?) in chiton, holding spear in right hand and patera in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 196a, Metcalf Hoard 335–351 and Pl. 18–19, Metcalf Conspectus 64e, Ganschow 131d
Specimens 16 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1983.900.108
3 3     NY: 1983.900.196 Metcalf Hoard 343
4 4     NY: 1983.900.197 Metcalf Hoard 344
5 5     NY: 1985.39.138 Metcalf Hoard 342
6 6     NY: 1985.39.142 Metcalf Hoard 338
7 7     NY: 1985.39.143 Metcalf Hoard 336
8 8     NY: 1985.39.144 Metcalf Hoard 346
9 9     NY: 1985.39.145 Metcalf Hoard 345
10 10     NY: 1985.39.146 Metcalf Hoard 350
11 11     NY: 1985.39.147 Metcalf Hoard 351
12 12     NY: 1985.39.148 Metcalf Hoard 349
13 13     CNG EA 71, 20 Aug. 2003, lot 33
14 14     ✸ CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 140
15 15     S. Oberc coll., ex CNG EA 553, 3 Jan. 2024, lot 336 = Roma E-sale 38, 29 July 2017, lot 350
16 16     H.I. coll., ex Dara Museum Auction 2, lot 578