RPC III, 3456

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3456
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ Γ(ΕΡ)Μ Δ(ΑΚΙ) ΠΑΡ(Θ)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστ(ος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακι(κὸς) Παρθ(ικός)
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 ΙΕΡΟΠΟ / Δ
Edition θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπο(λιτῶν) δʹ
Translation of the goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans, 4
Reverse design in three lines within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.97 g
Axis 12
Reference CRS 447/10
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙ/ΑC ΙΕΡΟΠΟ/Δ: 1, 2, 3, 4

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 2667
2 2     Milan SNG 138/29
3 3     MM Deutschland 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 628
4 4     ✸ Hauck and Aufhäuser 21, 17 Mar. 2009, lot 309
5 5     CGT coll.