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 (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Issue Year 38 (ΛΗ)
Dating AD 101/2
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤΟ]Κ 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 and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΦΙ ΟΥΜΒΕΡΟϹ ΠΡΕϹΒΕΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙϹΤΡΑ ΤΟΥ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΛΗ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐφι(δίου) Οὐμβέρου πρεσβευ(τοῦ) ἀντιστρά(τηγου) τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Νεοκαισαρείας ἔτους ληʹ
Translation under Aufidius Umber, presbeutes and antistrategos of the Augustus, of Neocaesarea, of year 38
Reverse design serpent, head erect, left, on altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.57 g
Axis 2, 5, 11
Reference Rec 7b; Çizmeli 6; Stumpf 573
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die as 2926/1.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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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
5 5     Numismatik Naumann 138, 3 Mar. 2024, lot 309