RPC III, 2558

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2558
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΑΝ ΡΩΜΗΝ ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΑΙ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus
Obverse design draped bust of Roma, hair rolled, right
Reverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
Reverse design Emperor in military dress standing left, crowning with his right hand a trophy of arms standing before him, left resting on spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 54
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 54 (and PL. XL, 4)
2 2     L: 1913,0507.9
3 3     O: Milne 1924
4 4     ✸ P: 1816
5 5     B: I-B LS 39/6 and Taf. II, 20
6 6     CGT coll., ex Naville Auction 16, lot 354
7 7     T. Buggey, ex Pecunem 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 544 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 74, 5 June 2018, lot 109, ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 41, lot 544
8 8     CGT coll., ex Gerhard Rhode
9 9     Savoca 13th Blue Auction, 30 Nov. 2018, lot 903