RPC III, 3672

 

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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
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 balteus and aegis 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 8.92 g
Axis 7
Reference McAlee 511; Woytek 937t
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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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)
3 3     McAlee coll.
4 4     ✸ Savoca 82nd Online Auction, 26 July 2020, lot 277
5 5     NY: 1971.203.8