RPC III, 1069

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1069
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Trajan (Caesar, in office for the third time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Καὶ(σαρ) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακι(κός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ Γ
Edition Βυζαντίων ἐπὶ Τραϊανοῦ Καί(σαρος) τὸ γʹ
Translation of the Byzantines, under Trajan Caesar for the third time
Reverse design prow to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.57 g
Axis 1, 4, 12
Reference Sch 1334–40, 1342, BMC 63
Specimens 14 (1 in the core collections)
Note On obv., sometimes, Ⳟ instead of Ϲ
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 415
2 2     V: GR 37078
3 3 –10     see Sch
11 11     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
12 12     Hirsch 319, 2–3 May 2016, lot 468
13 13     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 56
14 14     Numismatik Naumann 130, 2 July 2023, lot 351