RPC III, 3221

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3221
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Ninica Claudiopolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP NER TRAI CAES AVG GER DAC
Edition Imp(erator) Ner(va) Trai(anus) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) Dac(icus)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FELI NINIC CLAVD
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Feli(x) Ninic(a) Claud(iopolis)
Translation the Julian Augustan colony of Felix Ninica Claudiopolis
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread, between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.39 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG Levante 601, Kubitschek 1
Specimens 20 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4, 6–8, 12–16: same obv. die as 3222/1–3, 3223/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2
2 2     P: 814 SNG 781 = Wa 4732
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2679
4 4     Amsterdam: S 2681
5 5     V: GR 34418
6 6     V-ON SNG Leypold 2551
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 2552
8 8     A-KIKPE: FHW SNG Pfälzer 967
9 9     B: 227/1888
10 10     SNG Levante 601
11 11     CGT Coll ex Münzhandlung Ritter ex Ferdinand Burbach collection = Ziegler 311
12 12     Ziegler 312
13 13     Ziegler 313
14 14     Ziegler 314
15 15     vA 5765
16 16     Lanz 54, 12 Nov. 1990, lot 568
17 17     CNG MBS 78 (J.S. Wagner), 14 May 2008, lot 1373 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 133
18 18     ✸ Leu EA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 750
20 20     Boston: 63.927
21 21     Bucephalus Numismatic 15, 10 - 11 Feb. 2023, lot 975