RPC III, 3042

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3042
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 Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι Νερούᾳ Τραϊανῷ Ἀρίστῳ Σεβαστῷ Γερμανικῷ Δακικῷ Αὐτοκρ(άτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Νερ(ούᾳ) Τραϊανῷ Ἀρίστῳ 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 aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος ϛ' δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατο(ς) ϛ'
Translation holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding olive branch in right, bow and arrow in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.90 g
Reference S —, Metcalf Hoard 465 and Pl. 25, Metcalf Conspectus 75a, Ganschow 140a
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Metcalf Hoard 465
2 2     ✸ Bay Numismatics EA 8, 23 Nov. 2024, lot 333