RPC III, 3057

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3057
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 IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Ner(vae) Traiano optimo Aug(usto) Ger(manico) Dac(ico)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, showing bare chest with balteus, drapery on left shoulder, aegis, globe below
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 club, handle at bottom
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.17 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference S —, Metcalf Conspectus 79 corr., Woytek, Chiron 41 (2011), pp. 440–1, B and p. 458, 20–23, Ganschow 147d
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1980/287 Amandry, BSFN 1986/4, pp. 36–9; BNCMER IV 948
2 2     Hannover Kestner Museum K 315
3 3     NY: 1993.23.1 ex Münz Zentrum 74, 11 Nov. 1992, lot 290 = Metcalf Pl. 53, 79
4 4     Lanz 94, 22 Nov. 1999, lot 462 (ex Jacquier Liste 14, Herbst 1992, lot 208)
5 5     ✸ Henseler 239A = Ganschow 147d ex Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 2024, lot 276 = V. Wishnevsky Collection