RPC III, 3038

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
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, 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 female bust (Artemis ?) in chiton, holding spear in right hand and patera in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.67 g
Reference S —, Metcalf Hoard 478 and Pl. 26, Metcalf Conspectus 74b, Ganschow 141b
Specimens 5 (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
5 5     Solidus 139, 21 Jan. 2025, lot 246