RPC III, 3518

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3518
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 palm branch left
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.61 g
Axis 6
Reference Prieur 1491; McAlee 433
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die as 3512/1–2, 3521/4.
Note [3 obv. dies, 1 shared with 3512 and 3521]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Chandon 1849
2 2     ✸ Prieur coll. (ex GM 122, 11 Mar. 2003, lot 1885) = CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 261
3 3     McAlee coll. ( = McAlee 433/2)
4 4     MM FPL 312, May 1970, lot 32