RPC III, 2987

 

Image of specimen #16

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus tribunicia potestate consul II
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right (with drapery on shoulder)
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Reverse design Eleutheria standing left, holding pileus in right and rod in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
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     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 688