RPC III, 2945

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2945
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Nicopolis ad Lycum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 43 (MΓ)
Dating AD 113/14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΤΟ ΖΙ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΑΡΜΕΝΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥ ΜΓ
Reverse design Armenia seated left on shields, head resting on right hand, left hand across right knee; in front of her, trophy with round shield at foot
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11
Reference SNG vA 145; Dalaison, Nicopolis 31
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1213 vA 145
2 2     ✸ Nomos, Obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, 1057 = Nomos Obolos 30, 17 Dec. 2023, lot 548
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 90, 18 Nov. 2021, lot 731