RPC III, 2372

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2372
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Ulpianus (?)
Obverse inscription [ ] ΝΕΡΒΑϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ [ ]
Edition [---] Νέρβας Τραιανὸς Καῖσαρ [---]
Translation [---] Nerva Trajan Caesar [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription [ ]ΟΥ[ ]ΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ
Edition [---]ου[---]ανου Φιλαδελφέων
Translation of [---]anus(?), of the Philadelphians
Reverse design goddess seated left holding on her extended right hand a statue of ?
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 18.93 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The name of the magistrate is difficult to read due to the poor condition of the coin. ΟΥ[ΛΠΙ]ΑΝΟΥ might be a possibility. Hochard 1463 gives [Ἐπι Πολλιαν]οῦ, which may well be correct, though not clear.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1974.226.86