RPC III, 16

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 16
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤⲰΡ ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Nominative Imperator Augustus Traianus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, r., with drapery on l. shoulder
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design river god reclining l., holding branch in r. hand, l. arm resting on overturned vase whence water flows
Metal Æ
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Reference Sv 66
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend anticlockwise starting at 12

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 650 Sv pl. XXXIV, 4: rev.
2 2     Milan: Brera 2329 Nicodemi 2744
3 3     NY: 1944.100.40892
4 4     ✸ Naumann 100, F. Jarman coll., 7 Mar. 2021, lot 1257