RPC III, 3464

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3464
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue K E
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) 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 draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΛΑ ΧΑΛΚΙΔ
Edition Φλα(ουίων) Χαλκιδ(έων)
Translation of the Flavian Chalcidians
Reverse design Helioseiros standing facing, radiate head left , holding branch palm in his right hand, and shield and spear in left; in field, left and right, K E
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.01 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference CRS 436/10
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 2709
2 2     ✸ P: 1754 H. Seyrig, ‘Les dieux armés et les Arabes en Syrie’, Syria XLVII (1970), p. 94, fig. 14 = Butcher Pl. 25, Chalcis 10a
3 3     CNG EA 418, 11 Apr. 2018, lot 400
4 4     Numismatic Naumann 103, 6 June 2021, lot 446