RPC III, 2688

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2688
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Perge
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Τραϊανὸς Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Trajan Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΤ ΠΕΡ
Edition Ἀρτ(έμιδος) Περ(γαίας)
Translation of Artemis of Perge
Reverse design temple with two columns within which cult statue of Artemis of Perga; eagle in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.96 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Cop 315
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)
Note Obverse and reverse legends are anticlockwise
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Robinson 1960 from Adalia, JHS 1914, 43/98
2 2     Cop SNG 315
3 3     A: 1904/05 IV’ Mavromichalè 293
4 4     A-KIKPE: FHW SNG Pfälzer 275
5 5     V: GR 30247
6 6     B: B-I
7 7     G. Rohde 12183 accessed by VCoins
8 8     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74, 5 June 2018, lot 120
8 8     ✸ Pecunem 40, 7 Feb. 2016‏, lot 480
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     Pompeii Ancient Numismatic Online Auction 2, 3 Dec. 2021, lot 657
13 13     CGT coll. = NBS EA 14, 27 Aug. 2022, lot 374