RPC III, 3455

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3455
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ Γ(ΕΡ)Μ Δ(ΑΚ) ΠΑΡ(Θ)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστ(ος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικὸς) Παρθ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙ / Β
Edition θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολι(τῶν) βʹ
Translation of the goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans, 2
Reverse design in three lines within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.74 g
Axis 12
Reference CRS 447/8
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙ/ΑC ΙΕΡΟΠΟ/Β: 3; ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙ/ΑC ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙ/Β: 1; ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙΑ/C ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΕΙ/Β: 2
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 2666
2 2     Milan SNG 136/27
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 293
4 4     B: 18260007, Löbbecke