RPC III, 3558

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3558
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tr Pot XIX Cos VI Trajan Optimus
Dating AD 114/15
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Ἀριστ(ος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Best Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right above eagle standing right; club below head
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΙΘ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ιθʹ ὕπατ(ος) ϛʹ
Translation holder of the tribunician power 19th time, consul for the sixth time
Reverse design Tyche of Antioch seated on rocks, right, holding in her right hand two ears of wheat and poppy-head; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming right, looking left
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.96 g
Reference Wruck 174, Prieur 1502, McAlee 474
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 4–5: same obv. die.
Note [4 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: P. P. Adler 1821
2 2     ✸ Prieur coll.
3 3     McAlee coll. ( = McAlee 474)
4 4     Lanz 86, 18 May 1998, lot 444
5 5     Lanz 138, 26 Nov. 2007, lot 653 = Lanz 138, 26 Nov. 2007, lot 653
6 6     Yothr Collection