RPC III, 2714

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2714
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Nominative Traianus Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, r.
Reverse inscription ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus to l. seated r., resting with his r. hand on sceptre and presenting, on his extended l. hand, cult statues of the Aphroditai Kastnietides to a goddess in front of him, seated l., holding patera in her extended r. hand and sceptre (or palm?) in l.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference KM 320/44
Specimens 3 (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