RPC III, 3667

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3667
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck in Rome for circulation in Syria; First group: Half-Unit
Dating AD 116
Obverse inscription IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM(O) AVG GER DAC PARTHICO
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Ner(vae) Traiano Optimo Aug(usto) Ger(manico) Dac(ico) Parthico
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the best, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus
Obverse design radiate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
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 20 mm
Average weight 3.86 g
Axis 6
Reference McAlee 523A; Woytek 934b
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Princeton Firestone Library (P.U.L. 90–8)
2 2     ✸ McAlee coll.
3 3     B. Lienau coll., ex Demos 27, 4 Jan. 2024, lot 1414