RPC III, 1219

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1219
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 155
Dating AD 109/10
Obverse inscription IMP NERVAE TRAIANO [ ] IMP VI COS V P P
Edition Imp(eratori) Nervae Traiano [---] imp(eratori) VI co(n)s(uli) V p(atri) p(atriae)
Translation to the emperor Nerva Trajan [---], six times (acclaimed) emperor, consul for the fifth time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design radiate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription C I F ANN CLV
Edition C(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) ann(o) CLV
Translation the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 155
Reverse design Mercury standing left holding pileus in right hand and caduceus in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.97 g
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Trajan's 6th imperatorial acclamation probably dates to AD 106, at the end of the Second Dacian war.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Sinop: 16-1-78 Casey 335 and Pl. 6