RPC III, 3674

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3674
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 and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P
Reverse design S C in laurel wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 1095; McAlee 510; Woytek 937h
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1095 and pl. 45. 4
2 2     Mi 517
3 3     NY: 1953.171.624
4 4     McAlee coll.
5 5     Leu, Web Auction 15, Feb. 2021, lot 1751
6 6     Bowers & Ruddy, June 1980, lot 366
7 7     ✸ CV coll., ex Naumann 117, 5 June 2022, lot 753
8 8     Yothr Collection