RPC III, 3465

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3465
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Numeral letter uncertain
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 ΗΛΙΟϹΕΙΡΟΥ ΦΛ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕωΝ
Edition Ἡλιοσείρου Φλ(αουίων) Χαλκιδέων
Translation of Helioseirus, 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 ex., ?
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.08 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note CRS 436/9, read as Δ in ex., but the numeral letter cannot be read on either coin
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1755 H. Seyrig, ‘Les dieux armés et les Arabes en Syrie’, Syria XLVII [1970], p. 94, fig. 14 = Butcher Pl. 25, Chalcis 9a
2 2     CNG EA 244, Wagner coll., 10 Nov. 2010, lot 338