RPC III, 34

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 34
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Nominative Imperator Augustus Traianus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, with paludamentum on left shoulder, viewed from front, left
Reverse inscription ΓΟΡΤΥϹ
Reverse design Hero Gortys with helmet walking left, holding spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Sv 84
Specimens 7 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1947,0606.712
2 2     O: (Sir C. Warren, 1888)
3 3     O: A. J. Evans
4 4     P: 362 (under Gortyn)
5 5     ✸ P: 363 (under Gortyn) Sv pl. XXXIV, 18: rev.
6 6     P: 1985/509
7 7     B: Löbb.