RPC III, 1173

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1173
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 114/16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑ]ΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤΟϹ ϹΕ[Β 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 ΜΑ[ΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΑΝ]
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματροπολίταν
Translation of the metropolitan Heracleans
Reverse design Heracles naked but lion skin on left arm advancing right, head left, holding with his right hand rope tied to Cerberus and club over his shoulder in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 21.01 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2008/5