RPC III, 1824

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1824
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Without the name of a proconsul
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design Amazon in short chiton standing left, resting on spear with right hand, holding double axe and mantle in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference I-B, LS 162/36
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note Obverse legend is clockwise. The countermark is otherwise first attested for a coin of Commodus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18226002, I-B LS 162/36 and Taf. VI, 20 rev.
2 2     Mu SNG 625
3 3     CGT coll., ex eBay (Savoca)