RPC III, 3664

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3664
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 and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
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 25 mm
Average weight 8.72 g
Reference RIC 659; BMC 1099, McAlee 513; Woytek 933v
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.659
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1099
2 2     O: Jesus College
3 3     Mu
4 4     Mu
5 5     Mu
6 6     Princeton Firestone Library P.U.L. 1379
7 7     Princeton Firestone Library P.U.L. 85–22
8 8     ✸ McAlee coll.