RPC III, 3562

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3562
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tr Pot XXI Cos VI Trajan Optimus Parthicus
Dating AD 116/17
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστ(ος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικὸς) Παρθ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right above eagle standing right; club below head
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΚΑ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) κα(ὶ) ὕπατ(ος) ςʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power and consul for the sixth time
Reverse design laureate head of Melqart, with lion skin, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.19 g
Axis 6
Reference Wruck 178, Prieur 1522, McAlee 467
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same obv. die.
Note [2 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1998.14.2 ANS Annual Report 1998, p. 26 and fig. 17
2 2     Julia hoard 1995
3 3     Prieur coll. (ex Poinsignon, Heitz coll., Dec. 1985, lot 278)
4 4     ✸ Prieur coll. (ex GM 67, 2 May 1994, lot 486) = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 350
5 5     Amphora 64, Oct. 1997, lot 186
6 6     Hauck and Aufhäuser 17, 18 Mar. 2003, lot 288
7 7     Prieur database
8 8     V: GR 21221