RPC III, 3671

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3671
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck in Rome for circulation in Syria; Second group: Unit
Dating AD 116
Obverse inscription IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM
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 on left shoulder
Reverse inscription DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, S C
Reverse design laurel wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference RIC 644; BMC 1090–1; McAlee 506 and 508; Woytek 937c, e
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.644
Specimens 14 (9 in the core collections)
Note Metal analysis on 1 (Cu: 80.0; Zn: 15.5; Sn: 2.70; Pb: 1.40)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1090 and pl. 45. 2
2 2     L BMC 1091
3 3     O: (Godwyn)
4 4     O: (Christ Church)
5 5     Birmingham Barber Institute of Fine Arts R 1111 (H 3445)
6 6     Milan: 516
7 7     V: R 36692 (Bachofen 1077)
8 8     NY: 1944-100-49774
9 9     NY: 1944-100-49775
10 10     NY: 1971.203.8
11 11     Princeton: Firestone Library P.U.L. 1376 and pl. XX
12 12     McAlee coll.
13 13     B: 18210402
14 14     ✸ Savoca 82nd Online Auction, 26 July 2020, lot 277