RPC III, 1040

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1040
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Α = Aristos?
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ Α (sic) ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Ἀ(ρίστος) Καῖ(σαρ) Σε(βαστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δα(κικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan, Best, Caesar Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear on her right shoulder, her left hand resting on shield (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.73 g
Reference Rec 8
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1839,0919.107 BMC 3, Rec pl. XCIX, 8