RPC III, 3034

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3034
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Trajan optimus, not yet Parthicus
Dating AD 114–16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝω ΑΡΙϹΤω ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Νερ(ούᾳ) Τραϊανῷ Ἀριστῷ Σεβ(αστῷ) Γερμ(ανικῷ) Δακ(ικῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder, aegis
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 club, handle at bottom
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.44 g
Axis 7
Reference S —, Metcalf Hoard 460–2 and Pl. 25, Metcalf Conspectus 73b, Ganschow 143b
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 377
2 2     NY: 1944.100.59052
3 3     R. Ball VI, 9 Feb. 1932, lot 585
4 4     ✸ Tiber Numismatics and Auctions 7, 1 Dec. 2024, lot 75 (ex CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 987)