RPC III, 2183

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2183
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Rhodes
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ΝΕΡΟΥΑΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Νερουᾶν Τραϊαν(όν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΡΟΔΙΩΝ ΔΙΔΡΑΧΜΟΝ
Edition Ῥοδίων διδραχμόν
Translation of the Rhodians, didrachm
Reverse design Dionysus wearing himation standing left, caressing with his right hand a pantheress, his left hand resting on thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.03 g
Axis 1
Reference BMC 418
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 6: same obv. die.
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