RPC III, 3657

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3657
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck in Rome for circulation in Syria
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus tribunicia potestate consul II
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal brass
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference McAlee 502 corr., Ganschow X27b
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 6, 8–10: same obv. die as 3656/43.
Note Die links were noted by McAlee (p. 212, n. 370)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: (Rev. Chester, 1889)
2 2     G SNG 2915
3 3     P: 335
4 4     V: GR 21600
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 2767
6 6     NY: 1944.100.62442 ex R. Ball, Feb. 193 ?, lot 590
7 7     NY: 1961.154.7
8 8     NY: 0000.999.26813
9 9     Mc Alee coll. (ex Vecchi 7, 6–7 Oct. 1997, lot 1254) (this coin illustrated by McAlee p. 213)
10 10     McKenna FPL 5, May 1980, lot 69
11 11     B: Rauch
12 12     CGT coll. = VAuctions 273, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 306
13 13     ✸ Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 372