RPC III, 3514

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3514
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,
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 right, head left, wreath in beak, wings spread, on thunderbolt
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.60 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Prieur 1488–9; McAlee 428
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4, 6, 8: same obv. die. 3, 5: same obv. die.
Note [4 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 369 RN 1909, Pl. IV, 10
2 2     NY: 1944.10058452 MN V, 1952, Pl. XIII, 8
3 3     ✸ Prieur coll. (ex Triton I, 2–3 Dec. 1997, lot 705) = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 320
4 4     Prieur coll. = CNG EA 449, 31 July 2019, lot 316
5 5     McAlee coll. ( = McAlee 428)
6 6     Florange-Ciani, Allotte de la Fuÿe coll. I, 17 Feb. 1925, lot 984
7 7     Freeman and Sear MBS 5, 14 May 1999, lot 403
8 8     Herakles VCoins 2006