RPC III, 3628

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3628
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
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, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription S C
Edition s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation by decree of the senate
Reverse design in laurel wreath; beneath: ΓΑ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.89 g
Axis 12
Reference Wruck 199; McAlee 492(c)
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note McAlee 492(a) and McAlee 493(b) refer to the same coin; 492(g) records a coin of Falghera with e but no such coin was published by Martini; McAlee 492(d) is probably equivalent to McAlee to 494(c)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Brussels: II, 57,901
2 2     Mu SNG 218
3 3     Princeton University Library (P.U.L. 1399)
4 4     Missere 747
5 5     CNG MBS 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1056
6 6     ✸ CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1430
7 7     C. Scarlioli coll.
8 8     Münster: M 1453