RPC III, 3444

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3444
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Cyrrhus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
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
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΤΑΙΒΑΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΡΗϹΤωΝ, Β
Edition Διὸς Καταιβάτου Κυρρηστῶν βʹ
Translation of Zeus Kataibates, of the Cyrrhestians, 2
Reverse design Zeus Kataibates seated left on rock, holding thunderbolt in right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.22 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 4; CRS 442/4
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 5: same obv. die as 3440/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5306 BMC 4 (and Pl. XVII, 4: rev.)
2 2     C SNG 5850
3 3     G SNG 2645
4 4     G SNG 2646
5 5     P: 1623
6 6     P: Chandon 1360
7 7     Amsterdam: S 3012
8 8 –9     Milan SNG 134/12
9 9     Milan SNG 134/13
10 10     Bern: Righetti 1862
11 11     Mu SNG 486
12 12     NY: 1944.10065340
13 13     Peus 375, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1138
14 14     ✸ Pecunem 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 621
15 15     F. Volpato coll.
16 16     Astarte Young Collectors 2, 3 Mar. 2024, lot 419