RPC III, 3564

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3564
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 bust of Baal-Zeus bearded, right, wearing tall headdress (kalathos ?) and himation, holding ? in right hand and thunderbolt in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.64 g
Axis 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference S 173 (Caesarea); McAlee 477, Ganschow X9a
Specimens 23 (7 in the core collections)
Note On the interpretation of the figures on the reverses of 2 and 4, see now K. Butcher, ‘Two Syrian Deities’, Syria 84 (2007), pp. 277-86. Instead of Baal-Zeus and Baalat-Hera, Butcher recognizes Hadad and Atargatis, the gods of Hierapolis.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 46 (and Pl. IX, 8)
2 2     O CNG MBS 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 970
3 3     P: 315
4 4     Amsterdam: S 2733
5 5     Amsterdam: S 2734
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     NY: 1944.100.58454 MN V, 1952, pl. XIII, 9
9 9     NY
10 10     McAlee coll.
11 11     Prieur coll. (ex Finarte 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 874; NAC 47, 3 June 2008, part of lot 46) = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 328
12 12     Asta Ceresio 2, Sept. 1988, lot 196
13 13     CNG 39, 18 Sept. 1996, lot 969
14 14     Berk BBS 131, 2 Apr. 2003, lot 517
15 15     Gorny & Mosch 125, 13 Oct. 2003, lot 319
16 16     CNG EA 139, 10 May 2006, lot 184
17 17     CGB Monnaies 28, 25 Jan. 2007, lot 183
18 18     MM Deutschland 29, 31 Oct. 2008, lot 2698 (ex CNG EA 146, Drewry coll., 23 Aug. 2006, lot 139)
19 19     ✸ CNG EA 225, 13 Jan. 2010, lot 301
20 20     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 70 (ex CNG Triton XIII, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 1452)
21 21     CGB MBS 55, 17 Oct. 2012, lot 145
22 22     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 687
23 23     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 141