RPC III, 2184

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2184
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 Poseidon naked standing left, his right foot on prow, holding acrostolium in right hand, left resting on trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.26 g
Axis 1, 7
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1680
2 2     ✸ B: 18264295, Fox
3 3     N: 8444
4 4     N: 8445
5 5     Vinchon 22 May 1995, lot 318
6 6     RHJA Coll. (ex H. Schulman, Mabbott coll., 6–11 June 1969, lot 1765; Sotheby, 6 Nov. 1997, lot 85)
7 7     The Coin Cabinet Ancients 15, 31 Oct. 2024, lot 264