RPC III, 3668

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3668
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 and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
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 19 mm
Average weight 3.86 g
Reference McAlee 523; Woytek 934v
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ McAlee coll.
2 2     Schulten 18 Oct. 1989, lot 521