RPC III, 3512

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3512
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue ‘Rome’ style; Cos II
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with small aegis
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατ(ος) βʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, wreath in beak, wings spread, on thunderbolt
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.51 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Prieur 1487; McAlee 427
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 3518/1, 3, 3521/4. 1: same rev. die as 3511/1, 4.
Note [1 obv. die, shared with 3518 and 3521

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Prieur coll. = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 319 (ex Waddell FPL 48, Oct. 1990, lot 66) = Roma XVIII, 29 Sept. 2019, lot 760
2 2     Banias hoard 123
3 3     R. McAlee coll. = Naumann 128, 7 May 2023, lot 566