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)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙ / Β
Reverse design in three lines within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
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

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