RPC III, 3178

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3178
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Cybistra
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Regnal Year 8 (Η)
Dating AD 105/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜΑ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Νέρουας Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμα(νικὸς) Δακικός
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΒΙϹΤΡΕωΝ, ΕΤ Η (in field, l. and r.)
Edition Κυβιστρέων ἔτους ηʹ Κυβιστρέων ἔτ(ους) ηʹ
Translation of the Cybistrians, of year 8
Reverse design bust of river god facing, head left, his right arm across his waist, his left extended above his head; all in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.46 g
Axis 12
Reference I-B, Fluss- und Meergötter 196/465
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox Fox 1856, pp. 28–9, no 155 and Pl. VIII = W. Drexler, ‘Bemerkunden zu einigen von Fox, Engravings of unpublished or rare greek coins mitgetheilten Münzen’, ZfN 14, 1887, 119/VI = I-B, Fluss- und Meergötter 196/465 and Taf. XV, 2 [rev.]
2 2     NY: 1944.100.62504
3 3     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 683
4 4     ✸ Auctiones GmbH e 52, 16 Oct. 2016, lot 113
5 5     Zeus Numismatics 13, 31 Oct. 2020, lot 303 = CNG EA 599, 11 Nov. 2025, lot 447
6 6     Roma EA 95, 13 Apr. 2022, lot 655
7 7     Biga Numismatics EA 17, 19 Mar. 2023, lot 200