RPC III, 2950

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2950
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Tyana
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 98
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡΟΥ(ΑϹ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝ(ΟϹ) ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρουας Τραιανὸς Καῖσ(αρ) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΑΝΕωΝ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΑϹΥΛ ΑΥΤΟΝ(Ο)(Μ), ΕΤ Α
Edition Τυανέων ἱερᾶς ἀσύλ(ου) αὐτονόμ(ου) ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation of the Tyanans, of the sacred, inviolate, autonomous (city), of year 1
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding Nike in her right hand, left resting on shield and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 46.32 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 2
Specimens 18 (8 in the core collections)
Note ΤΡΑΙΑΝ: 4; ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. No spear on rev. (/11).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2 (and Pl. III, 9)
2 2     O: Milne 1924
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2861
4 4     V: GR 32366
5 5     B: oN
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: 18277917, I-B
8 8     NY: 1944.100.62506
9 9     Lindgren 1736
10 10     Henseler 1508
11 11     Henseler 1510 = Rauch 103, 23–24 Mar. 2017, lot 130 = Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 2, 26 Nov. 2017, lot 509
12 12     ✸ Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 892
13 13     Aiello coll.
14 14     Henseler 1509
15 15     Zeus Numismatic 13, 31 Oct. 2020, lot 660
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 421
18 18     L Hecht Index