RPC III, 2054

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2054
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 114–16
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙ ΚΑΙ - ϹΕ ΑΡΙ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Optimus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription Ο ΝΕΩ ΕΦΕ ΔΗ ΕΠΕΧΑΡ
Reverse design Captive Parthia seated left, on a round shield, her head resting on her right hand; behind her, trophy of arms, at foot of which two hexagonal shields
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference K 147 (a)
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note Obv. legend is clockwise

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Milne 1924
2 2     W. Holt coll.
3 3     ✸ Pecunem 42, 3 Apr. 2016‏, lot 458
4 4     Tatiș (SNG Turkey 10) 127
5 5     CGT coll., ex Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 190
6 6     Numismatik Naumann 80, 4 Aug. 2019, lot 340
7 7     Naumann 91, Plankenhorn coll., 5 July 2020, lot 866