RPC III, 1041


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1041 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	III
Number	1041
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Prusa ad Olympum
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ Κ Ϲ Γ Δ
Nominative	Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Reverse design	female figure (nymph of Mount Olympus?) reclining left, holding in left branch; before her, tree; on ground, branch
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Axis	8
Reference	Rec 14
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–4: same obv. die.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 5	24.3	13.70		and pl. XXXV, 1 rev. = Rec pl. XCIX, 12	Show
2	2	B: Morel			10.26			Show
3	3	Mu	Rec. pl. CIV, 1		11.01		whilst catalogued by Rec as a coin of Prusias, the obverse die-link with 1 -2 attests that it is a coin of Prusa	Show
4	4 ✸		Savoca 13 Blue, 30 Nov. 2018, lot 803	25	11.38	8		Show