RPC III, 3663

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3663
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck in Rome for circulation in Syria; First group: unit
Dating AD 116
Obverse inscription IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM(O) AVG GER DAC PARTHICO
Edition Imperatori Caesari Nervae Traiano Optimo Augusto Germanico Dacico Parthico Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Ner(vae) Traiano Optimo Aug(usto) Ger(manico) Dac(ico) Parthico
Translation to Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus
Obverse design radiate head of Trajan, right, with aegis
Reverse inscription P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, S C
Edition pontifex maximus tribunicia potestate XX consul VI pater patriae senatus consulto p(ontifex) m(aximus) tr(ibunicia) pot(estate) XX co(n)s(ul) VI p(ater) p(atriae) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation chief priest, with tribunician power for the twentieth time, consul for the sixth time, father of the fatherland, by decree of the senate
Reverse design laurel wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.78 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 1096–7; McAlee 512; Woytek 933t
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note OPTIM: 4; Metal analysis on 2 (Cu: 82.0; Zn: 12.4; Sn: 1.50; Pb: 2.50)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1097 and pl. 45.5 (but described as draped bust seen from rear)
2 2     L BMC 1096
3 3     Swiss Credit Bank Münzenliste 11, Oct. 1073, lot 80
4 4     ✸ McAlee coll.
5 5     CGT coll., eBay Savoca
6 6     CGT coll.