RPC III, 3048

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3048
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 and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
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 Mount Argaeus with grotto at bottom containing cult stone, flanked by two pyramidal objects. At top, second grotto, sometimes with the appearance of a flame. Trees on slope of mountain
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.36 g
Axis 7, 9
Reference S 207, Metcalf Hoard 507–9 and Pl. 27, Metcalf Conspectus 76b, Ganschow 139c
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1985.39.164 Metcalf Hoard 507
2 2     NY: 1985.39165 Metcalf Hoard 508
3 3     Freeman and Sear MBS 14, 21 June 2007, lot 317
4 4     ✸ CGT coll., ex LAC 58, 7 DEc. 2016, lot 101