RPC III, 3670

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3670
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck in Rome for circulation in Syria; Second group: Unit
Dating AD 116
Obverse inscription IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Ner(vae) Traiano Optimo Aug(usto) Germ(anico)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus, Germanicus
Obverse design radiate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, S C
Edition Dac(ico) Parthico P(ontifici) M(aximo) Tr(ibunicia) Pot(estate) XX Co(n)s(uli) VI P(atri) P(atriae) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation to the Dacicus Parthicus chief priest with tribunician power for the 20th time, consul for the 6th time, father of the fatherland, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design laurel wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.30 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference RIC 648; BMC 1092; McAlee 505 and 507; Woytek 937b, x
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.648
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
Note Metal analysis on 1 (Cu: 76.0; Zn: 20.4; Sn: 1.90; Pb: 1.70)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1092
2 2     G: RICHCC II, 403 and pl. 16
3 3     Milan: 513
4 4     Milan: 514
5 5     Milan: 515
6 6     Milan: 517
7 7     Milan: 518
8 8     V: R 8528
9 9     Locarno N. coll. 0676/17 ( = Martini 60)
10 10     NY: 1953.171.1826
11 11     NY: 1953.171.625
12 12     Künker 124, A. Wild coll., 16–17 Mar. 2007, lot 9061
13 13     ✸ CNG EA 200, 3 Dec. 2008, lot 266 = McAlee 505, this coin illustrated p. 213
14 14     CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 97