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, r.
Reverse inscription Ο ΝΕΩ ΕΦΕ ΔΗ ΕΠΕΧΑΡ
Reverse design Captive Parthia seated l., on a round shield, her head resting on her r. hand; behind her, trophy of arms, at foot of which two hexagonal shields
Metal Æ
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