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
Nominative Imperator Caesar divi filius Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Trajan, l., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Athena r., helmeted, resting with her r. on spear, and l. on round shield facing Hermes, l., naked but for chlamys on l. arm, holding purse in r., caduceus in l.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
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