RPC III, 1042

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1042
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ Κ Ϲ Γ Δ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Κ(αὶσαρ) Σ(εβαστὸς) Γ(ερμανικὸς) Δ(ακικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
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
Average weight 11.25 g
Axis 1
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.

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