RPC III, 1720

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1720
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Meilates (strategos for the second time)
Dating AD 114/16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΡΙϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτορα) Νέρ(ουαν) Τραϊανὸν Καίσ(αρα) Ἀρίσ(τον)
Translation for Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar, the best
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΤΙ ΚΛΑ ΜΕΙΛΑΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗ, ΤΟ Β
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Τι(βερίου) Κλα(υδίου) Μειλάτου Περγαμη(νῶν) τὸ βʹ
Translation under strategos Tiberius Claudius Meilates, of the Pergamenes, for the second time
Reverse design Tyche with kalathos and himation standing left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.14 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG vA 7501; SNG France 2082
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1722/1, 1723/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 7501
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = Lydia Numismatics EA 7, 8 May 2021, lot 537
3 3     P: 1238 SNG 2082