RPC III, 2996

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2996
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 club
Metal silver
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 1.50 g
Axis 6
Reference S —, Metcalf Conspectus 62, Ganschow 127
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note Walker, Metrology II, 70/3034 claimed that Γ has been cut over B on the O specimen. The Weiss and Henseler specimens clearly show B.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     Weiss coll. ( = Walker Pl. 53, 62)
3 3     Henseler 213
4 4     ✸ T. Buggey coll., ex Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 570 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 74, 5 June 2018, lot 140
5 5     Henseler 214
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     NA coll.