RPC III, 1139

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1139
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Coinage without ethnic with СΕBΑСΤΗ/ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕ(Ρ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ(Μ) Δ(Α)(Κ)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Νέρ(ουαν) Τραϊανόν Καί(σαρα) Σε(βαστόν) Γερμ(ανικόν) Δακ(ικόν)
Translation for Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Σεβαστή
Translation Augusta
Reverse design Demeter veiled standing left, holding ears of corn in right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.63 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference SNG vA 281
Specimens 18 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 7: same obv. die. 12: same obv. die as 1152/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1263 SNG vA 281
2 2     L: 1894,0706.109
3 3     C McClean 7415 (and pl. 252.16)
4 4     P: 125
5 5     P: 126
6 6     P: S de R
7 7     Milan: Brera 2334 Nicodemi 2749
8 8     B: Rauch
9 9     B: 349/1910
10 10     B: Löbb.
11 11     Warsaw: 49305
12 12     Warsaw: 49304
13 13     G. Rohde VCoins Oct. 2007
14 14     L: G.1199
15 15     Freiburg: 11616
16 16     CGT coll. = Savoca 80 Blue, 27 June 2020, lot 654
17 17     CGT coll. = Biga Numismatics Online Auction 4, 11 July 2021, lot 310
18 18     Numismad 19, 25–26 Oct. 2024, lot 832