RPC III, 3466

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3466
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Naiskos with Helioseiros; Numeral letter uncertain
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡ]ΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ Δ[ΑΚ 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
Reverse inscription ΦΛΑ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕωΝ
Edition Φλα(ουίων) Χαλκιδέων
Translation of the Flavian Chalcidians
Reverse design three-quarter view of naiskos of four columns with pyramidal roof, within which is a figure of Helioseiros
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.86 g
Axis 12
Reference CRS 436/11
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note There is probably a numeral letter at the end of the reverse legend, read as A by CRS

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1974,0416.2 Butcher Pl. 25, Chalcis 11a