RPC III, 3438

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3438
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Cyrrhus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘΙ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστ(ος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικὸς) Παρθι(κός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΡΡΗϹ/ΤωΝ / Α
Edition Κυρρηστῶν αʹ
Translation of the Cyrrhestians, 1
Reverse design within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.09 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 2; CRS 442/1
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5305 BMC 2
2 2     Mu SNG 487
3 3     NY: 1911.95.11
4 4     NY: 1944.100.65336
5 5     NY: 1944.100.65337
6 6     NY: 1961.154.27
7 7     CNG EA 196, 1 Oct. 2008, lot 133
8 8     B: 18259475, Löbb.
9 9     ✸ VAuctions Triskeles Sale 30, 6 Dec. 2019, lot 145 (ex VAuctions Triskeles Sale 27, 15 Mar. 2019, lot 143)
10 10     Elsen 149, 10 Dec. 2021, lot 479