RPC III, 3387


Image of specimen #11

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3387 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	III
Number	3387
Province	Cilicia
Region	Cilicia
Subregion	Cilicia Pedias
City	Irenopolis
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	Year 47 (ΖΜ)
Dating	AD 98
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Traianus
Obverse design	laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	ΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΖΜ
Reverse design	laureate and draped bust of uncertain deity, right; in front, small bunch of grapes
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Karbach 30
Specimens	15 (1 in the core collections)
Note	Originally identified as Zeus in RPC III, where grapes were not noted. Kahrbach suggests Asclepius. The unbearded head on 3390 was identified as Dionysus, but it seems unlikely that Dionysus would be shown both bearded and unbearded.
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 635	SNG 2255		7.00			Show
2	2		Karbach 30/2				Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent); GIC 261 (Nike standing r.)	Show
3	3		Karbach 30/4				Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent); GIC 261 (Nike standing r.)	Show
4	4		Karbach 30/5				Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent)	Show
5	5		Karbach 30/9				Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent)	Show
6	6		Karbach 30/10				Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent)	Show
7	7	V-ON	SNG Leypold 2396		7.57			Show
8	8		CNG EA 177, 28 Nov. 2007, lot 153	25	6.06		Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent)	Show
9	9		CNG EA 193, 6 Aug. 2008, lot 146	23	5.43	12	Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent)	Show
10	10		CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 243 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 131	24	6.41	12	Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent)	Show
11	11 ✸		CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 862	25	7.68	12	Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent)	Show
12	12		CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca	24	8.06	12	Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent); GIC 261 (Nike standing r.)	Show
13	13		Agora Auctions Numismatic 75 (Buggey), 10 July 2018, lot 214	25	6.88	12	Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent); GIC 261 (Nike standing r.)	Show
14	14		CGT coll. = Savoca 22nd Blue Auction, 27 July 2019, lot 1068	23	6.51	12	Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent); GIC 261 (Nike standing r.)	Show
15	15		CNG 528, 30 Nov. 2022, lot 255	24	8.40	12	Obv.: GIC 195 (Hygeia, bust r., serpent)	Show