RPC III, 15

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 15
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Αὔγ(ουστος) Τραϊανὸς Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακι(κός)
Translation Emperor Augustus Trajan Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ [ΚΡΗΤΩΝ]
Edition Κοινόν Κρητῶν
Translation Koinon of the Cretans
Reverse design Cybele turreted seated left on throne, holding patera in her right hand, left arm resting on tympanum; at her feet, left and right, a lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.97 g
Reference Sv 65
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 14/4.
Note Rev. legend clockwise starting at 12

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 645 Sv pl. XXXIV, 3: rev.