RPC III, 3633

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3633
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 and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription S C
Edition s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation by decree of the senate
Reverse design in laurel wreath; beneath: Α
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.78 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 494(a)
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O
2 2     Amsterdam: S 2953
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65723
4 4     McAlee coll. (this coin illustrated by McAlee p. 211)
5 5     Knopek Liste 10, Sept. 1981, lot 120
6 6     D. Lowe coll.