RPC III, 2625

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2625
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Appia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Plotius Polliο (strategos for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑ ΝΕ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΓΕ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Νέ(ρουας) Τραϊανὸς Σε(βαστὸς) Γε(ρμανικὸς) Δακικός
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΑΙ(Τ) ΓΑ ΠΛΩ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΟϹ ϹΤ Β ΑΠΠΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition αἰτ(ῇ) Γα(ΐου) Πλω(τίου) Πωλλίωνος στ(ρατηγοῦ) βʹ Ἀππιανῶν
Translation at the request of Gaius Plotius Polliο, strategos for the second time, of the Appians
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding patera in her extended right hand, left arm resting on tympanum; at her feet, lion left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.29 g
Axis 6
Reference vA, Phryg. I, 184–6 corr.
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 5
2 2     B
3 3     B: B-I
4 4     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
5 5     ✸ Leu WA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1224