RPC III, 17

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 17
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 Emperor in military dress standing left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left resting on spear, crowned by Nike st. to left behind him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.16 g
Reference Sv 68
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 830 Sv pl. XXXIV, 5: rev.
2 2     B: Fox