RPC III, 3524

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3524
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, left, above eagle st. left, wings folded; in left field, club; in right field, palm branch projecting from Trajan’s head
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 laureate head of Melqart, with lion skin knotted in front, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.46 g
Axis 6
Reference Wruck 143, McAlee 451
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4, 6: same obv. die. 4: same rev. die as 3523/24, 33.
Note 1: reverse legend read as ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ. [2 obv. dies, 1 shared with 3523].
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 3378
2 2     Brussels
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.63561
4 4     Prieur coll. = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 325
5 5     Prieur coll. (ex Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 129) = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 326
6 6     McAlee coll. ( = McAlee 451)