RPC III, 3666

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3666
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 AVG GER DAC PARTHICO
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Ner(vae) Traiano Optim(o) Aug(usto) Ger(manico) Dac(ico) Parthico
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the best, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, S C
Edition P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) Pot(estate) XX Co(n)s(ul) VI P(ater) P(atriae) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation High Priest, holding 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 8.77 g
Axis 5
Reference BMC 1098, McAlee 514; Woytek 933h
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1098
2 2     ✸ P: 5529 BNCMER IV, 951
3 3     CGT coll.