RPC III, 1172

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1172
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 114/16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤΟϹ ϹΕΒ Γ Δ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστος Σεβ(αστὸς) Γ(ερμανικὸς) Δ(ακικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΑΝ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματροπολίταν
Translation of the metropolitan Heracleans
Reverse design Heracles naked but lion skin on left arm standing facing, head left, his right hand resting on club, holding bow in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.59 g
Reference Rec 97
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 635