RPC III, 2909

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2909
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 115 (ΕΙΡ)
Dating AD 112/13
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Νέ(ρουα) Τραϊανὸς Καὶ(σαρ) Σε(βαστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακικός
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΕωΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΕΙΡ
Edition Ἀμασέων ἔτους ειρʹ
Translation of the Amaseans, of year 115
Reverse design funeral pyre; on top, right, palm; in field, left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.62 g
Axis 3, 5, 6, 11
Reference Rec —; Dalaison 23–24
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5–6: same pair of dies. 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–3, 5–6: same obv. die. 1, 4–6: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amsterdam: S 2567 Dalaison 24a
2 2     Winterthur: G 7906 ex Kölner Münzkabinett 49, 1989, lot 511; Jacquier Münzliste 12, Herbst' 90, lot 199; MM 81, 1995, lot 448 = Dalaison 23b and Pl. 3
3 3     Amasya: 78.2.24 Ireland 112 = Dalaison 23a
4 4     Lindgren III, 133 = Dalaison 24b
5 5     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex WAG Online 59, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 18)
6 6     Kölner Münzkabinett 112, 19 Oct. 2019, lot 132