RPC III, 3672

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3672
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus Pontifex Maximus tribunicia potestate XX consul VI pater patriae
Obverse design radiate head of Trajan, right, with balteus and aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P
Reverse design S C in laurel wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference McAlee 511; Woytek 937t
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ McAlee coll.
2 2     Leu 50, 25 Apr. 1990, lot 302 (ex Sternberg IX, 15–16 Nov. 1979, lot 82)