RPC III, 1080

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1080
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Nike (goddess as honorary official for the fourth time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΒ ΓΜ ΔΑΚΙ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σ<ε>β(αστὸς) Γ<ερ>μ(ανικὸς) Δακι(κός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Trajan, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription (ΕΠΙ) ΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΤΟ Δ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙ(Ω)Ν
Edition ἐπὶ Nείκης τὸ δʹ Βυζαντίων
Translation under Nike for the fourth time, of the Byzantines
Reverse design star and crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.15 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Sch 1355–6
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 387
2 2     V: GR 8492
3 3 –6     see Sch
7 7     MünzZentrum 105, 10–12 Jan. 2001, lot 349
8 8     CNG EA 303, 29 May 2013, lot 194
9 9     ✸ Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 55 (ex Lanz 112, 25–26 Nov. 2002, lot 461)
10 10     Naumann 49, 8 Jan. 2017, lot 347
11 11     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 238