RPC III, 4053

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4053
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Arabian mint
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tr Pot Cos VI
Dating AD 112–14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus tribunicia potestate consul tribunicia potestate consul VI
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ
Reverse design aquila between two signa; wreath on left signum and hand on right signum
Metal silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 224, Metcalf 8, Woytek bust a, Ganschow X14a
Specimens 25 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 8, 12: same obv. die. 2, 5–6, 13–15, 20, 22–3: same obv. die as 4054/1. 4, 10, 16–17: same obv. die. 7, 11: same obv. die as 4068/7. 9, 21: same obv. die.
Note [21 coins, 7 obv. dies, 1 shared with 4054, 1 shared with 4068]

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 88 (under Caesarea)
2 2     O: (Baldwins, 1996)
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2822
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1956.127.2269
6 6     NY: 1944.100.61940 SNG 1162
7 7     MM List 287, Apr. 1968, lot 44
8 8     Rauch 1 Austrophil, 20 June 1969, lot 701
9 9     Rauch 11, 3 Nov. 1972, lot 130
10 10     Myers 9, 5 Dec. 1974, lot 306
11 11     Kunst und Münzen AG List 48, Apr. 1982, lot 309
12 12     MünzZentrum 50, 23 Nov. 1983, lot 157
13 13     Athena 2, 4 Oct. 1988, lot 305
14 14     Hirsch 163, 27 Sept. 1989, lot 936
15 15     Hirsch 182, 4 May 1994, lot 715
16 16     Künker Lagerliste 115, 1995, lot 67
17 17     Kovacs MBS XIV, 16 Oct. 1998, lot 129
18 18     Gorny & Mosch 122, 19 Mar. 2003, lot 1857
19 19     Hirsch 239, 17 Feb. 2005, lot 1698
20 20     ✸ CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 897
21 21     CNG EA 333, 20 Aug. 2014, lot 256
22 22     VCoins Aeternitas Numismatics RPAM17
23 23     VCoins Ancient Roman Coins 029–2012016
24 24     Münster: 1079
25 25     CGT coll. = Art Coins Roma EA 22, 25 Nov. 2014, lot 583