RPC III, 3646

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3646
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: ƐΚ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.85 g
Axis 12
Reference McAlee 496(f)
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note There is probably no difference of bust between McAlee 496(h) and McAlee 494(b)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 407
2 2     CNG, McAlee coll., EA 246, 15 Dec. 2010, lot 284 (ex CNG MBS 46, 24 June 1998, lot 857) (this coin illustrated by McAlee p. 211)
3 3     Savoca 2 Blue London, 3 May 2019, lot 904