RPC III, 3051

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3051
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 clasped hands holding standard on prow
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.62 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference S 222, Metcalf Conspectus 77a, Ganschow 142b
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.59062
2 2     NY: 1985.39.167 Metcalf Hoard 488
3 3     ✸ Henseler 234 (ex Blançon List 65, 2008, lot 512; Gärtner 32, 2015, lot 34274)