RPC III, 2344

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2344
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Coinage with imperial portrait
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΩ ΝΕΡΒΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ϹΕ ΓΕΡΜΑ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορι) Καί(σαρι) θεοῦ υ<ἱ>ῷ Νέρβᾳ Τραϊανῷ Σε(βαστῷ) Γερμα(νικῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar, son of the deified Nerva, Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Trajan, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design Athena right, helmeted, resting with her right on spear, and left on round shield facing Hermes, left, naked but for chlamys on left arm, holding purse in right, caduceus in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 18.51 g
Reference BMC 129
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 129, NC 1896, 98/20 and Pl. VII, 14 rev.
2 2     Elsen list 122, Jan. -Feb. 1990, lot 44
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1345
4 4     Savoca 14, 23 Apr. 2017, lot 375