RPC III, 14

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 14
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Nominative Imperator Augustus Traianus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus draped, seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, his left resting on sceptre; at his feet, eagle to left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Sv 64 corr.
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 15/1.
Note Rev. legend clockwise or anticlockwise starting at 12 or 6

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 17
2 2     O: Cameron 1948
3 3     ✸ P: 680
4 4     P: 679
5 5     Cop SNG 581
6 6     B: 335/1909
7 7     N: 7583 Sv pl. XXXIV, 2
8 8     Boston: 62.433