RPC III, 3660

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3660
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 laurel branch, bow and quiver
Metal brass
Average diameter 13 mm
Average weight 1.75 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference S 231 (Caesarea); McAlee 503, Ganschow X28a
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)
Note Not a complete list.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 110 (under Caesarea)
2 2     L BMC 111 (under Caesarea)
3 3     O
4 4     P: 336
5 5     Mi Brera 2386 ( = McAlee 503/4)
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     McAlee coll. ( = McAlee 503/1)
9 9     Lanz 123, 30 May 2005, lot 569 ( = McAlee 503/5)
10 10     CNG EA 198, 5 Nov. 2008, lot 194
11 11     CGT coll. (ex Savoca 2 Blue London Auction, 4 May 2019, lot 898)
12 12     Henseler 285 (ex Schenk-Behrens 68, 1994, lot 352)
13 13     Richard McAlee coll.
14 14     Richard McAlee coll.
15 15     Suárez Coll.
16 16     ✸ H.I. coll. (ex Savoca 232nd Weekly Blue, 21 Sep. 2024, lot 265)