RPC III, 3563

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3563
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tridrachms; '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, right
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 head of Heracles, beardless, right, with lion skin tied under chin
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.45 g
Axis 6
Reference S 175 (Caesarea); Wruck 144; Prieur 1479; McAlee 475, Ganschow X10
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note [3 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2136c (under Tyre) A. Blanchet, RN 1895, 69/9 and Pl. III, 5: rev., described as a didrachm = RN 1909, 168/1 and Pl. IV, 8
2 2     AUB ( = MN V, 1952, pl. XIII, 10)
3 3     ✸ Prieur coll. = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 327