RPC III, 3510

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3510
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 2
Dating AD 98/9
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 Β
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ βʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 2
Reverse design eagle standing right, wings spread, on thunderbolt; at right palm
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.85 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 138; Prieur 153; McAlee 425
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 5–7: same obv. die. 3–4: same obv. die.
Note 3, 4: obv. die shared with an Alexandrian bronze, year 2 (= CRS p. 81, Fig. 21, 4 = Geissen 441). [4 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 367 (M 1190)
2 2     P: 368 RN 1909, pl. IV, 9
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2897
4 4     Yale: 2001.87.4544
5 5     ✸ Winckless collection, ex Prieur coll. = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 588
6 6     McAlee coll., 15.10 ( = McAlee 425)
7 7     Prieur database
8 8     Prieur database
9 9     Goldberg 135, 18 June 2023, lot 1780