RPC III, 3664

 

Image of specimen #8

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus Pontifex Maximus tribunicia potestate XX consul VI pater patriae
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M TR POT XX COS VI P P
Reverse design S C in laurel wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 25 mm
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)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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.