RPC III, 2923

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2923
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Orfitasius Aufidius Umber (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Issue Year 37 (ΛΖ)
Dating AD 100/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΦΙΔΙΟΥ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ, (in field) ΕΤΟΥϹ ΛΖ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐφιδίου Νεοκαισαρείας ἔτους λζʹ
Translation under Aufidius, of Neocaesarea, year 37
Reverse design Athena Promachos standing right, brandishing spear with her right hand, holding shield on left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 23.48 g
Reference KM 499/1; Rec 7a; Çizmeli 4; Stumpf 572
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2922/1–2, 2924/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I