RPC III, 3667

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3667
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck in Rome for circulation in Syria; First group: Half-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 drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription P M TR POT XX COS VI P P
Reverse design S C in laurel wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 21 mm
Reference McAlee 523A; Woytek 934b
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Princeton Firestone Library (P.U.L. 90–8)
2 2     ✸ McAlee coll.