RPC III, 1821A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1821A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Alliance with Pergamum
Issue Without the name of a proconsul
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ [ϹΕ] ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ ΦΙΛΙΟΝ ΔΙΑ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Νέρ(ουαν) Τραϊανὸν Σε(βαστὸν) Γερ(μανικὸν) Δακι(κὸν) Φίλιον Δία
Translation for Emperor Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, friend of Zeus
Obverse design laureate and draped head of Trajan, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΘΥΑΤΕΙ ΠΕΡΓΑ
Edition ὁμόνοια Θυατει(ρηνῶν) Περγα(μηνῶν)
Translation concord of the Thyatirans (and) Pergamenes
Reverse design Apollo Tyrimnaios of Thyatira in short chiton standing right,holding double axe, clasping hands with Asclepius of Pergamum, standing left, and holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.56 g
Axis 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1639A
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Obverse legend is clockwise. Trajan appears with Zeus Philios at Pergamum, RPC 1716-19
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1892.0507.182 BMC 145 (ex Lawson); U. Kampmann, Die Homonoia-Verbindungen der Stadt Pergamon (1996), no. 154; A. Engel, RN 1884, p. 26 no. 15 (Lawson collection = this coin: 'frappé à Pergame').