RPC III, 3669

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3669
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 and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M TR POT XX COS VI P P
Reverse design S C in laurel wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 20 mm
Reference BMC 1105; CRS 410/21; McAlee 524; Woytek 934f
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1105
2 2     ✸ P: 10824 BNCMER IV, 952
3 3     McAlee coll.
4 4     McAlee coll.
5 5     NAC 10, 9 Apr. 1997, lot 624