RPC III, 25

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
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 ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤⲰΡ ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Nominative Imperator Augustus Traianus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, with paludamentum on l. shoulder, viewed from front, l.
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design nymph turreted and draped, standing r., her r. hand on her waist, holding infant Zeus on her l. arm; at her feet, cornucopia, to l. and eagle, to r., looking l.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 31 mm
Reference Sv 74
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend anticlockwise starting at 12

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0503.31
2 2     O: Cameron 1948
3 3     ✸ P: 674 Sv pl. XXXIV, 12: rev.
4 4     A: 53/4604β
5 5     V: GR 14472
6 6     Florence