RPC III, 3002

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3002
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Cos VI, Trajan not yet optimus
Dating AD 112–14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραιανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, drapery (or aegis) on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατ(ος) ϛ'
Translation tribune of the people, consul for the sixth time
Reverse design female bust (Artemis ?) in chiton, holding spear in right hand and patera in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.48 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 195, S 195b corr., Metcalf Hoard 295–308 and Pl. 16–17, Metcalf Conspectus 64a, Ganschow 131a
Specimens 13 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     Amsterdam: S 2779
3 3     V: GR 20080
4 4     A: 5953a
5 5     NY: 1944.100.58480
6 6     NY: 1983.900.168 Metcalf Hoard 300
7 7     NY: 1983.900.131 Metcalf Hoard 297
8 8     NY: 1985.39.130 Metcalf Hoard 295
9 9     NY: 1985.39.131 Metcalf Hoard 298
10 10     NY: 1985.39.132 Metcalf Hoard 299
11 11     NY: 1985.39.133 Metcalf Hoard 304
12 12     ✸ NY: 1985.39.134
13 13     NY: 2004.14.115
14 14     CNG EA 178, 12 Dec. 2007, lot 80
15 15     Freiburg: 12154