RPC III, 3454

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3454
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙ ΠΑΡΘ(Ι)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστ(ος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακι(κὸς) Παρθι(κός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛ(ΕΙ) / Α
Edition θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολει(τῶν) αʹ
Translation of the goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans, 1
Reverse design in three lines within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.57 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 5; CRS 447/7
Specimens 17 (10 in the core collections)
Note ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙ/ΑC ΙΕΡΟΠ/Α: 9; ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙ/ΑC ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛ/Α: 1, 3, 6, 10, 11; ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙ/ΑC ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΕΙ/Α: 8; ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙΑ/C ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛ/Α: 4, 7, 13; ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙΑC/ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΕΙ/Α: 2, 5, 12
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5325 BMC 5
2 2     P: 1664
3 3     P: 1665
4 4     P: Chandon 1214
5 5     Cop SNG 50
6 6     Amsterdam: S 3014
7 7     Amsterdam: S 3015
8 8     Amsterdam: S 3016
9 9     Milan SNG 136/28
10 10     B: 18260005, Rauch
11 11     L: G.5324 BMC 4
12 12     B: 18259975, I-B
13 13     B: 18259977, Fox
14 14     ✸ Roma Numismatics E-Sale 65, 19 Dec. 2019, lot 582
15 15     Münster: M 1435
16 16     Richard McAlee coll.
17 17     L: G.5326 BMC 6