RPC III, 25


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/25 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	III
Number	25
Province	Cyrenaica and Crete
Region	Crete
City	Koinon of Crete
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Dating	c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Αὔγ(ουστος) Τραϊανὸς Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακι(κός)
Translation	Emperor Augustus Trajan Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Trajan, with paludamentum on left shoulder, viewed from front, left
Reverse inscription	ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤΩΝ
Edition	Κοινόν Κρητῶν
Translation	Koinon of the Cretans
Reverse design	nymph turreted and draped, standing right, her right hand on her waist, holding infant Zeus on her left arm; at her feet, cornucopia, to left and eagle, to right, looking left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	31 mm
Average weight	12.78 g
Reference	Sv 74
Specimens	6 (4 in the core collections)
Note	Rev. legend anticlockwise starting at 12