RPC III, 2989

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2989
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 left 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 Mount Argaeus: on summit, Helios standing left, holding globe in right and sceptre in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.94 g
Axis 6
Reference S 168, Metcalf Conspectus 55b, Ganschow 119b
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 20069
2 2     ✸ NY: 1985.39.76 Metcalf Hoard 180
3 3     Hess, Sydenham coll., 28 Apr. 1936, lot 77 ( = S 168)