RPC III, 3022

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3022
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 IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P
Edition Imp(eratori) Traiano Aug(usto) Ger(manico) Dac(ico) P(ontifici) M(aximo) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) Co(n)s(uli) VI P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation to Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, chief priest, with tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
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 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 20 mm
Average weight 6.67 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference S —, Metcalf Hoard 444–6 and Pl. 24, Metcalf Conspectus 68; Woytek, Chiron 41 (2011), pp. 439–40, A and Pl. p. 458, 14–19, Ganschow 128e
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1980/286 BNCMER IV, 947
2 2     NY: 1983.159.67 Metcalf Hoard 444
3 3     NY: 1983.159.69 Metcalf Hoard 445
4 4     NY: 1983.159.71 Metcalf Hoard 446
5 5     Henseler 218 (ex Jacquier List 17, Herbst 1995, lot 422; Jacquier List 31, Herbst 2003, lot 262)
6 6     ✸ Hauck and Aufhäuser 21, 17 Mar. 2009, lot 308
7 7     Henseler 218A (ex Savoca Numismatik Blue EA 152, 2023, lot 1396)