RPC III, 2009

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2009
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΩ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Θε(οῦ) ὑῷ Νέρ(ουᾳ) Τραϊανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan, to the son of a god Nerva
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΙΩΝΙΑ
Edition Μητροπολειτῶν ἐν Ἰωνίᾳ
Translation of the Metropolitans in Ionia
Reverse design Zeus naked to waist, standing left, holding eagle ( ?) on his extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left; before him, stands right a turreted Tyche, holding uncertain object in her right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.37 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference SNG Leypold 644
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON SNG Leypold 644
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     NY: 1971.279.34
4 4     Peus 366, Burstein coll., 29 Oct. 2000, lot 644
5 5     CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 246
6 6     ✸ Naumann 97, 6 Dec. 2020, lot 316
7 7     CGT coll.