RPC III, 3517

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3517
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 left, head right, wreath in beak, wings spread, on palm branch left
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.65 g
Axis 6
Reference Prieur 1490; McAlee 431
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 3511/1–4, 8, 3520/3.
Note [7 obv. Dies, 1 shared with 3511 and 3520]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 3377
2 2     Jerusalem Israel Museum 13466
3 3     ✸ Prieur coll. = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 321 (ex Peus 279, 14–17 Mar. 1972, lot 165; NFA MBS 18, Mar. 1993, lot 590)
4 4     Ronde coll. ( = P. Gilmore, ‘An Early Syrian Tetradrachm of Trajan’, NumCirc LXXXVII, 7–8, 1979, p. 341)
5 5     Müller 52, 26–27 June 1986, lot 177
6 6     CNA III, 29 Apr. 1988, lot 221
7 7     Amphora 61, 15 Oct. 1996, lot 167 (ex Amphora FPL 45, Summer 1991, lot 214; Amphora 53, Dec. 1993, lot 173)