RPC III, 3530

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3530
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue 'Alexandria style'; Regnal year 12
Dating AD 108/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡΟΥΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΥ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Νέρουα Τραϊανοῦ Αὐτ(οκράτορος) Καί(σαρος) Νέρουα Τραϊανοῦ
Translation of Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ ΔΗΜ ΕΞ ΥΠ Ε, L ΙΒ
Edition Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Δακικοῦ δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὑπάτου εʹ ἔτους ιβʹ Σεβ(αστοῦ) Γερ(μανικοῦ) Δακι(κοῦ) δημ(αρχικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὑπ(άτου) εʹ (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, with tribunician power, consul 5 times, of year 12
Reverse design laureate head of Melqart, with lion skin, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.64 g
Axis 6
Reference Wruck 154, Prieur 1524, McAlee 456
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 8, 10, 12: same obv. die. 2–3, 6–7, 9: same obv. die.
Note [3 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O ex Sternberg 28 Nov. 1975, lot 74
2 2     Cop SNG 242
3 3     B: (ex Rouvier)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.63559 NNM 83, 1938, Pl. IV, 42
5 5     Prieur coll. = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 335 (ex NFA MBS 18 Mar. 1993, lot 591)
6 6     McAlee coll. ( = McAlee 456)
7 7     Eleutheropolis hoard ( = Svoronos, JIAN 10, 1907, Pl. VI, 7)
8 8     Hirsch 125, 21–24 Apr. 1981, lot 3574
9 9     MM Deutschland 7, 12 Oct. 2000, lot 298
10 10     CNG Triton XVIII, 6 Jan. 2015, lot 902
11 11     AK Coll. E002
12 12     ✸ Richard McAlee coll. = The Coin Cabinet 19, 27 Feb. 2025, lot 909