RPC III, 1155

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1155
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Coinage without ethnic with ΔΙΟС
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤΟ ϹΕ Γ Δ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστο(ς) Σε(βαστὸς) Γ(ερμανικὸς) Δ(ακικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟϹ
Edition Διός
Translation of Zeus
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread, on globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.82 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. (ex Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 370)
3 3     CGT coll., ex Ebay
4 4     CGT coll., ex Kairos Numismatik 4, 28 Apr. 2018, lot 332