RPC III, 1636

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1636
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Miletopolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Licinius Balbus (epimeletes)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακικός
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙΜΕ ΠΟΠΛΙΟΥ ΛΙΚ ΒΑΛΒΟΥ ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπιμε(λητοῦ) Ποπλίου Λικ(ινίου) Βάλβου Μειλητοπολειτῶν
Translation under the supervision of Publius Licinius Balbus, of the Miletopolitans
Reverse design Hermes wearing petasus seated left on rocks holding caduceus in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.94 g
Reference BMC 8
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1872 BMC 8, and pl. XXI, 3 rev.
2 2     MünzZentrum 154, 13 Jan. 2010, lot 264 = Bankhaus Aufhäuser 11, 22 Mar. 1995, lot 237 = Kölner Münzkabinett 92, 20–21 Oct. 2009, lot 102