RPC III, 2714

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2714
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
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 ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀσπενδίων
Translation of the Aspendians
Reverse design Zeus to left seated right, resting with his right hand on sceptre and presenting, on his extended left hand, cult statues of the Aphroditai Kastnietides to a goddess in front of him, seated left, holding patera in her extended right hand and sceptre (or palm?) in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.55 g
Reference KM 320/44
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Obverse legend is clockwise

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1939,1103.1 ex Münzhandlung Basel 4, 1 Oct. 1935, lot 847
2 2     B: I-B KM 320/44
3 3     MM Deutschland 16, Righetti 5, 19–20 May 2005, lot 620
4 4     ✸ SPQR Collection 3, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 172