RPC III, 1585

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1585
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Scepsis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Τραϊανός
Translation Trajan
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΣΚΗ
Edition Σκη(ψιεῖς)
Translation of the Scepsians
Reverse design Fir tree in rectangular frame
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.67 g
Axis 1, 6
Reference U. Wartenberg, 'The Curious Case of a Hellenistic Die on a Roman Coin of Skepsis', in L. Bricault et al. (eds), Mélanges offerts à Michel Amandry (Bordeaux, 2017), pp. 225–8.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18253940, 364/1901 ex Walcher de Molthein coll. = A. E. Cahn, 25 Feb. - 2 Mar. 1901, lot 1993
2 2     A-KIKPE: FHW 964
3 3     Kagan coll. (see U. Wartenberg, in ed. L. Bricault et al., Mélanges Amandry, pp. 225–8)