RPC III, 3038

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3038
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus tribunicia potestate consul VI
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, drapery on left shoulder, aegis
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ
Reverse design female bust (Artemis ?) in chiton, holding spear in right hand and patera in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Reference S —, Metcalf Hoard 478 and Pl. 26, Metcalf Conspectus 74b, Ganschow 141b
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     Müller 42, 24–25 June 1983, lot 293 (ex Müller 31, 4–5 Feb. 1981, lot 366; Müller 40, 17–18 Dec. 1982, lot 221)
3 3     ✸ CNG MBS 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1037
4 4     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 77