RPC III, 2937A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2937A
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Megalopolis-Sebasteia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Catilius Severus Iulianus Claudius Reginus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Issue Year 51 (AN)
Dating AD 114/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with small aegis on shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΑΤΙΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟΥ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΕΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΑΝ
Reverse design Zeus seated left holding Nike in his extended right hand and resting on sceptre with his left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note This new coin confirmes the attribution of 2937 to Megalopolis as both coins share the same obverse die
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll.
2 2     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 49, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 261