RPC III, 2980

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2980
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Cos II
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Νέρουας Τραϊανὸς Σεβασ(τὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΤ ΔΕΥΤ
Edition ὕπατ(ος) δεύτ(ερος)
Translation consul for the second time
Reverse design Mount Argaeus: on summit, Helios standing left, holding globe in right and sceptre in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.53 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference S —, Metcalf Conspectus 50b, Ganschow 115b
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 5438
2 2     NY: 1983.159.12
3 3     NY: 1985.39.77 Metcalf Hoard 165
4 4     Glendining, Woodward coll., 27 Sept. 1962, lot 382
5 5     ✸ Henseler 201 (ex MM Deutschland 19, 16 May 2006, Righetti 7, lot 263)
6 6     Freiburg: 12143
7 7     Münster: M 1384
8 8     Boston: 63.83