RPC III, 30

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 30
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤⲰΡ ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Nominative Imperator Augustus Traianus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, with paludamentum on l. shoulder, viewed from front, l.
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤⲰΝ
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, resting with r. hand on serpent-staff looking l. at Hygieia, standing r., holding in r. hand serpent which she feeds from patera held in l. hand
Metal Æ
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Sv 79
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend clockwise starting at 6

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1947,0606.711
2 2     O: Cameron 1948
3 3     ✸ P: 653 Sv pl. XXXIV, 17: rev.
4 4     V: GR 14483
5 5     V: GR 14484 (T 202)