RPC III, 3409

 

Image of specimen #29

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3409
Province Cyprus
Region Cyprus
City Koinon of Cyprus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 114–6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΑΡΙϹΤΩ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Νερ(ούᾳ) Τραϊανῷ Ἀριστῷ Σεβ(αστῷ) Γερμ(ανικῷ) Δακ(ικῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΥΠΡΙΩΝ
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατο(ς) ϛʹ Κοινὸν Κυπρίων
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul 6 times, Koinon of the Cypriots
Reverse design temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, in which conical xoanon
Metal brass
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 38; Parks 20a
Specimens 32 (16 in the core collections)
Note Atomic absorption spectrophotometry on 1: Cu 79,7% Zn 13,3%
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 38 (and pl. XVI, 8: rev.)
2 2     O
3 3     C SNG 5371
4 4     P: 820
5 5     Amsterdam: S 2683
6 6     Amsterdam: S 2684
7 7     Amsterdam: S 2685 ex Glendining, Lockett XII, 21-23 Feb. 1961, lot 2973
8 8     Amsterdam: S 2686
9 9     Amsterdam: S 2687
10 10     Cop SNG 82
11 11     Ma
12 12     Boston: 48.748
13 13     N Fiorelli 8542
14 14     V: GR 19334
15 15     V: GR 33156
16 16     B: 5238
17 17     B: Fox
18 18     B: Fox
19 19     Nicosia BCCF
20 20     NY: 1944.100.62186
21 21     NY: 1944.100.62187
22 22     NY: 1952.142.340
23 23     NY: 1952.142.341
24 24     NY: 1952.142.342
25 25     NY: 1952.142.344
26 26     Boston: 63.2632
27 27     Lindgren A1659B
28 28     MM Deutschland 11, 7–8 Nov. 2002, lot 142
29 29     ✸ CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1222
30 30     CNG EA 178, 12 Dec. 2007, lot 82
31 31     Leeds-UL: 987
32 32     Jean ELSEN & ses Fils s.a. 159, 21–22 June 2024, lot 437