RPC III, 3658

 

Image of specimen #33

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3658
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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατ(ος) βʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal brass
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.03 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference S 230 (Caesarea); McAlee 501, Ganschow X27a
Specimens 37 (23 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 107 (under Caesarea)
2 2     L BMC 108 (under Caesarea)
3 3     L BMC 109 (under Caesarea)
4 4     L: Lawrence 1934
5 5     L: 1937,0303.25
6 6     O: (Milne, 1924)
7 7     O
8 8     O: Douce
9 9     O: (Christ Church)
10 10     O: (Bodleian)
11 11     G SNG 2916
12 12     G SNG 2917
13 13     P: 333
14 14     P: 334
15 15     P: 335a
16 16     Amsterdam: S 2851
17 17     Amsterdam: S 2852
18 18     Amsterdam: S 2853
19 19     Amsterdam: S 2854
20 20     Amsterdam: S 2855
21 21     Amsterdam: S 2856
22 22     Bern: Righetti 1823
23 23     V: GR 21415
24 24     V: GR 21601 (T 189)
25 25     V-ON SNG Leypold 2768
26 26     B: 18225501, o. N.
27 27     B: I-B
28 28     B: Löbb.
29 29     NY: 1944.100.62443
30 30     NY: 1954.203.246
31 31     McAlee coll.
32 32     Krengel coll., Berlin
33 33     ✸ CNG EA 167, 27 June 2007, lot 76
34 34     CNG EA 234, 9 June 2010, lot 163
35 35     B: 18225502, Löbb. 18225502
36 36     Freiburg: 12147
37 37     Henseler 284 (ex Müller 55, 1987, lot 163)