RPC III, 3663

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3663
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck in Rome for circulation in Syria; First group: unit
Dating AD 116
Obverse inscription IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM(O) AVG GER DAC PARTHICO
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus Pontifex Maximus tribunicia potestate XX consul VI pater patriae
Obverse design radiate head of Trajan, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription P M TR POT XX COS VI P P
Reverse design S C in laurel wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 1096–7; McAlee 512; Woytek 933t
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note OPTIM: 4; Metal analysis on 2 (Cu: 82.0; Zn: 12.4; Sn: 1.50; Pb: 2.50)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1097 and pl. 45.5 (but described as draped bust seen from rear)
2 2     L BMC 1096
3 3     Swiss Credit Bank Münzenliste 11, Oct. 1073, lot 80
4 4     ✸ McAlee coll.
5 5     CGT coll., eBay Savoca
6 6     CGT coll.