RPC III, 3397

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3397
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Alexandria ad Issum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Plotina (Augusta)
Issue Year 181 (ΑΠΡ)
Dating AD 114/15
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Ἀριστ(ος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Best Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ ΚΑΤ ΙϹϹΟΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΑΠΡ
Edition Ἀλεξανδρέων κατ' Ἰσσὸν ἔτους απρʹ
Translation of the Alexandrians at Issus, year 181
Reverse design draped bust of Plotina, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.22 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference Levante 77–8
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2004/168 SNG Levante 1848 = SNG vA 5467
2 2     V-ON SNG Leypold 2218
3 3     SNG Levante 1849
4 4     T. Buggey coll., ex Obolos Webauction 6, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 656 = Agora 79, 20 Nov. 2018, lot 74
5 5     T. Buggey coll., ex CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 321 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 74, 5 June 2018, lot 127
6 6     CNG 535, 29 March 2023, lot 258
7 7     CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 6385