RPC III, 3454

 

Image of specimen #14

 

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)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛ(ΕΙ) / Α
Reverse design in three lines within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 5; CRS 447/7
Specimens 16 (9 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

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L 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 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.