RPC III, 3669

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3669
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 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 cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, 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 20 mm
Average weight 4.36 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 1105; CRS 410/21; McAlee 524; Woytek 934f
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1105
2 2     ✸ P: 10824 BNCMER IV, 952
3 3     J. Gebauer coll. = CNG EA 584, 2 Apr. 2025, lot 576 = R. McAlee coll. = CGB FPL Rome 11, Jan. 2002, no. 169
4 4     Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 524/2 (this coin illustrated at p. 215)
5 5     NAC 10, 9 Apr. 1997, lot 624