RPC III, 3020

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3020
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus tribunicia potestate consul VI
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with grotto at bottom containing cult stone, flanked by two pyramidal objects. At top, second grotto, sometimes with the appearance of a flame. Trees on slope of mountain
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 211a, Metcalf Hoard 430–43 and Pl. 23–24, Metcalf Conspectus 67c, Ganschow 128c
Specimens 16 (11 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 80, pl. IX, 21: rev.
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1126 SNG vA 6403
3 3     O: Milne 1924
4 4     P: 359
5 5     Paris Hoard 78
6 6     NY: 1983.159.66 Metcalf Hoard 443
7 7     NY: 1985.39.156 Metcalf Hoard 456
8 8     NY: 1985.39.157 Metcalf Hoard 450
9 9     NY: 1985.39.158 Metcalf Hoard 433
10 10     NY: 1985.39.159 Metcalf Hoard 434
11 11     NY: 1985.39.160 Metcalf Hoard 435
12 12     NY: 1985.39.161 Metcalf Hoard 454
13 13     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1867
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     Royalton coll. ex. Roma e-sale 97, lot 682
16 16     Boston: 63.110