RPC III, 3559

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3559
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tr Pot XX Cos VI Trajan Optimus Parthicus
Dating AD 116
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus tribunicia potestate XX consul VI
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ Κ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ
Reverse design eagle standing facing, wings spread, head left, on club; in right field, palm
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference Wruck 175, Prieur 1512, McAlee 448
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5: same obv. die.
Note [3 obv. dies]

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G SNG 3389
2 2     P: 381
3 3     Prieur coll. (ex Triton XII, 6 Jan. 2009, lot 1275 (part of))
4 4     McAlee coll.
5 5     McAlee coll. ( = McAlee 448)