RPC III, 2990

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2990
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
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 clasped hands holding standard on prow
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.51 g
Axis 7
Reference S 171, Metcalf Conspectus 56, Ganschow 121a
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 321 (M 6025)
2 2     P: 323 Wa 6761
3 3     Amsterdam: 2731
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5 –6     Henseler 208
6 6     ✸ Henseler 207 (ex Hess, Sydenham coll., 28 Apr. 1936, lot 79; MM 61, 7 Oct. 1982, lot 164; NAC 11, 29 Apr. 1998, lot 417)
7 7     S. Oberc coll., ex Kölner Münzkabinett 121, lot 265, ex Dr. Victor Wishnevsky Coll.