RPC III, 2935

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2935
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Zela
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 50 (N)
Dating AD 113/14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, with paludamentum, seen from rear to right
Reverse inscription ΖΕΥϹ ΕΠΙΚΑΡΠΙΟϹ ΖΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ Ν
Reverse design Zeus Epikarpios seated left holding corn ears and poppies in his right hand and resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 3; Dalaison et alii 3
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. Rec pl. suppl. M, 8
2 2     Tokat 87.41.2.30123
3 3     HJB Mobility Auction 3, 18 Sept. 2015, lot 465
4 4     ✸ Zeus Budget Auction 8, 6 June 2020, lot 338 = Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1109
5 5     Roma Numismatics EA 101, 13 Oct. 2022, lot 783