RPC III, 3223

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3223
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, OPT PAR
Edition Imp(erator) Ner(va) Trai(anus) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) Dac(icus) Opt(imus) Par(thicus)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus Optimus Parthicus
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 24 mm
Average weight 8.87 g
Reference SNG vA 5766
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 3221/2–4, 6–8, 12–16, 3222/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2609 vA 5766
2 2     B: Löbb. ZfN XV, 1887, 53–54/1: attributed to Ninive Claudiopolis in Assyria