RPC III, 3642

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3642
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 cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription S C
Edition s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation by decree of the senate
Reverse design in laurel wreath; beneath: ΒΔ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.67 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 496(d)
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note Cmk: laurel-branch (GIC 378) on the obv. of 2

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Falguera 741
2 2     NY: 1944.100.65732
3 3     McAlee coll.
4 4     McAlee coll. (this coin illustrated by McAlee p. 211)
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 125, 5 Feb. 2023, lot 250
7 7     N. Sario Tormos coll.