RPC III, 3527

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3527
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Cos III
Dating AD 100
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus tribunicia potestate consul III
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 Γ
Reverse design laureate head of Melqart, with lion skin knotted in front, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6
Reference Wruck 147, Prieur 1481; McAlee 454
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same obv. die.
Note [2 obv. dies]

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2137C RN 1909, Pl. IV, 3 = McAlee 454
2 2     NY: 1981.16.66
3 3     NY MN V, 1952, Pl. XIV, 4
4 4     Jerusalem Israel Dept. of Antiquities. Tiberias 4384