RPC III, 2668

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2668
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Philomelium
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Sergius Hephaistion
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡΟΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Ϲ Γ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρου(ας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σ(εβαστὸς) Γ(ερμανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ϹΕΡ ΗΦΑΙϹΤΙΩΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟ
Edition ἐπὶ Λ(ουκίου) Σερ(γίου) Ἡφαιστίωνος Φιλο(μηλέων)
Translation under Lucius Sergius Hephaistion, of the Philomelians
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike on his extended right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.10 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference SNG Leypold II, 1594
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note This coin was attributed to Iulia by the authors of the Leypold SNG, because a Sergios Hephaistiôn signed coins at Iulia under Nero (RPC I, 3191-2). But we now know the other coin with the same name in the reign of Trajan from Philomelium.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V-ON Leypold 1594
2 2     CGT coll. = Naville Auction 15, 7 Jan. 2015, lot 173
3 3     CGT coll. = Pecunem 40, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 470
4 4     Numismatik Naumann 108, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 466 = Savoca 165th Blue Auction, 27-28 May 2023, lot 864
5 5     CGT coll. = Savoca 114th Blue, 25 Sept. 2021, lot 646
6 6     Bucephalus Numismatic Black 22, 28–30 July 2023, lot 1241
7 7     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 304, 10 Apr. 2024, lot 191