RPC III, 3037

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3037
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, drapery 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 21 mm
Average weight 6.72 g
Reference S —, Metcalf Hoard 476–7 and Pl. 26, Metcalf Conspectus 74a, Ganschow 141a
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Kastner 6, 26 Nov. 1974, lot 291
2 2     Müller 36, 12–13 Feb. 1982, lot 283a (ex Müller 32, 15–16 May 1981, lot 331)
3 3     ✸ Berk BBS 131, 2 Apr. 2003, lot 516