RPC III, 3060

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3060
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 female bust (Artemis ?) left in chiton, holding spear in right hand and patera in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.15 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference S 200, Metcalf Conspectus 80b, Ganschow145c
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 72
2 2     L BMC 73
3 3     NY: 1947.97.506
4 4     ✸ Henseler 236 (ex Hirsch 179, 21 Sept. 1993, lot 886)
5 5     Freiburg: 12156
6 6     NY: 1911.87.10 Metcalf Pl. 53