RPC III, 1170

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1170
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 102/14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡ]ΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ Δ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καὶσαρ Σεβα(στὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δ(ακικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟ ΠΟΝ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματρο(πολιτᾶν) Πόν(του)
Translation of the metropolitan Heracleans, of Pontus
Reverse design Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin on his extended right hand, left resting on trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.88 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Milne 1926
2 2     ✸ CGT coll., ex eBay memory93