RPC III, 2926

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2926
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 37 (ΛΖ)
Dating AD 100/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ, ΛΖ (in field, r.)
Edition Νεοκαισαρείας ἔτους λζʹ
Translation of Neocaesarea, year 37
Reverse design Tyche with kalathos standing, left, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.37 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 7; Çizmeli 7
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2925/1–5.
Note Specimen 2 shows that the date is ΛΖ, not ΛH. Therefore 2926 goes with 2992 and 2923.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 4043 = Çizmeli pl. I, 7
2 2     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 170
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 568, 14 Aug. 2024, lot 301