RPC III, 1035

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1035
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ Δ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Καῖ(σαρ) Σε(βαστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δ(ακικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΙϹ ΔΙΑ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΝ
Edition Προυσαεῖς Δία Ὀλύμπιων
Translation the Prusans (honour) Olympian Zeus
Reverse design Zeus seated right, holding Nike on globe on his extended right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.07 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 7
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–5: same obv. die as 1038/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1485 Rec pl. XCIX, 7
2 2     L: 1911,0010.43
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     NY: 1944.100.42336
5 5     ✸ CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1231
6 6     T. Mullally coll.
7 7     CNG EA 560, 17 Apr. 2024, lot 395