RPC III, 3509

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3509
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms; ‘Alexandria style’; Year 1
Dating AD 98
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊα(νὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with small aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Α
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ αʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 1
Reverse design eagle standing right, wings spread, on thunderbolt; at right palm
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 15.15 g
Reference Prieur 152; McAlee 423
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note [5 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Prieur coll.
2 2     ✸ McAlee coll.
3 3     Vedrines VSO 5 July 1985, lot 164 (ex Bendenoun, The Numismatic Auction 2, 1983, lot 304)
4 4     R. Deutsch stock 2005
5 5     Prieur database