RPC III, 3030

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3030
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) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate and draped 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 clasped hands holding standard on prow
Metal silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.30 g
Axis 6
Reference S 223a, Metcalf Conspectus 71A corr, Ganschow 136b
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–5: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Henseler 229 (ex MM FPL 577, July 1994, lot 24); Henseler 229
2 2     NY: 1911.95.9
3 3     Naumann 70, 7 Oct. 2018, lot 279
4 4     L: 1931,0601.49 H. Mattingly, ‘A Hoard of Imperial Didrachms and Drachms from Caesarea in Cappadocia’, NC 1932, p. 238
5 5     ✸ N&N Online Auction 7, 14 Aug. 2022, lot 285