RPC III, 2925

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2925
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Orfitasius Aufidius Umber (presbeutès and antistrategos)
Issue Year 38 (ΛΗ)
Dating AD 101/2
Obverse inscription [ ]Κ ΚΑΙ Ϲ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, r., with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΦΙ ΟΥΜΒΕΡΟϹ ΠΡΕϹΒΕΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙϹΤΡΑΤΟΥ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΛΗ
Reverse design serpent, head erect, l., on altar
Metal Æ
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 2, 5, 11
Reference Rec 7b; Çizmeli 6; Stumpf 573
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 2926/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Formerly Yakountchikoff collection
2 2     Amasya 79.4.471 ( = Ireland, Amasya 1312 and pl. [XIII])
3 3     ✸ T. Buggey coll. = Agora Auction 92, 24 Sept. 2019, lot 32
4 4     Zeus Web Auction 20, 12 Dec. 2021, lot 405