RPC III, 1207

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1207
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 116/17
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑ ΑΡΙϹ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ ΠΑΡ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἄρισ(τος) Σε(βαστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δα(κικὸς) Παρ(θικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν μητροπολείτων
Translation of the Amastrians, metropolis
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, right hand resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.38 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG vA 6808
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1221 ex vA 6808
2 2     ✸ CGT coll., ex Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 23, 9 Jan. 2016, lot 285