RPC III, 3052

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3052
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 clasped hands holding standard on prow
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.75 g
Axis 7
Reference S 221, Metcalf Hoard 492–7 and Pl. 27, Metcalf Conspectus 77b, Ganschow 142d
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 86 and Pl. X, 1 (rev.)
2 2     Amsterdam: S 2817
3 3     ✸ NY: 1985.39.168 Metcalf Hoard 493