RPC III, 26


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	26
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 ΚΡΗΤⲰΝ
Reverse design	Zeus draped, seated l., holding Nike in extended r. hand, his l. resting on sceptre; at his feet, eagle to l., looking back
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	31 mm
Average weight	13.88 g
Axis	6
Reference	Sv 75
Specimens	9 (6 in the core collections)
Note	A specimen in P (P 86 = RN 1883, 61/1 = Wa 4796 = SNG 2328) has been altered into an otherwise unique coin of Trajan from Savatra (Lycaonia), where it is housed: see introduction to the province of Galatia-Cappadocia.