RPC III, 2987

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2987
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Trib. Pot. Cos II
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right (with drapery on shoulder)
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Edition δημ(αρχικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατ(ος) βʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time
Reverse design Eleutheria standing left, holding pileus in right and rod in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.39 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 164–5, Metcalf Conspectus 54a-b, Ganschow 120
Specimens 17 (12 in the core collections)
Note S 165 describes the obv. as laureate and draped, quoting Ratto, 8 Feb. 1928, lot 2657, but the coin is not illustrated and no specimen surfaced since. Another ‘ghost’ ?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 49 (and Pl. IX, 12: rev.)
2 2     L BMC 50
3 3     L: 1979,0101.1118 ex vA 6388
4 4     P: 317
5 5     Amsterdam: S 2719
6 6     Amsterdam: S 2720
7 7     B: Fox
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     NY: 1983.900.89 Metcalf Hoard 194 and Pl. 10
10 10     NY: 1985.39.71 Metcalf Hoard 183 and Pl. 10
11 11     NY: 1985.39.72 Metcalf Hoard 185 and Pl. 11
12 12     NY: 1985.39.73 Metcalf Hoard 187 and Pl. 11
13 13     NY: 1985.39.74 Metcalf Hoard 186 and Pl. 11
14 14     NY: 1985.39.75 Metcalf Hoard 188 and Pl. 11
15 15     Henseler 206
16 16     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 139
17 17     ✸ Solidus 139, 21 Jan. 2025, lot 236