RPC III, 3453

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3453
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Ἄρισ(τος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛ / Ϛ
Edition θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολ(ιτῶν) ϛʹ
Translation of the goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans, 6
Reverse design in three lines within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.84 g
Axis 12
Reference CRS 447/12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die as 3452/1.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amsterdam: S 3017
2 2     B: 18260014, Löbb.
3 3     ✸ Pompeii Ancient Numismatic Online Auction 2, 3 Dec. 2021, lot 586
4 4     L: G.5327 BMC 8