RPC III, 3398

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3398
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Alexandria ad Issum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 181 (ΑΠΡ)
Dating AD 114/15
Obverse inscription [ ] ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹ[ ]ΓΕΡΜ (?)
Edition [---] Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραιανὸς Ἄρισ[---] Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation [---] Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus [---] Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ ΚΑΤ ΙϹϹ [ ]
Edition Ἀλεξανδρέων κατ' Ἰσσ(ὸν) [---]
Translation of the Alexandrians at Issus [---]
Reverse design helmeted bust of Athena, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.07 g
Axis 12
Reference Levante 82
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2004/165 SNG Levante 1843
2 2     Gromotka coll.
3 3     D. Lowe
4 4     Biga Numismatics EA 33, 14–15 Sept. 2024, lot 711