RPC III, 2943

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2943
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Nicopolis ad Lycum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 42 (ΜΒ)
Dating AD 112/13
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ(Β) ΓΕΡ(Μ) ΔΑΚ ΤΟ ϚΙ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικὸς) τὸ ϛιʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, for 16 (years)
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΜΒ
Edition Νεικοπολεῶς ἔτους μβʹ
Translation of Nicopolis, of year 42
Reverse design altar with erect serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.50 g
Axis 12
Reference KM I, 4/4; Rec 7; Dalaison, Nicopolis 23–24
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
Note Obv. inscription modified in the light of /8
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2172 Hamburger = REA XVI [1914], 136
2 2     A-KIKPE: FHW Γ 129
3 3     NY: 1972.223.1
4 4     NY: 1944.100.41428
5 5     Harvard HUAM 1981.74.171
6 6     H. Schulman, T.O. Mabbott coll., 6–11 June 1969, lot 1038
7 7     Kagan coll.
8 8     Solidus Online-Auktion 27, 17 Mar. 2018, lot 353
9 9     ✸ CGT coll. = Zeus Numismatics 13, 31 Oct. 2020, lot 430
10 10     CGT coll. = Lydia Numismatics, Online Auction 2, 22 Aug. 2020, lot 118
11 11     NBS WA 11, 19 Feb. 2022, lot 180
12 12     Bay Numismatics EA 3, 29 May 2024, lot 172