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 Imperatori Caesari Nervae Traiano Optimo Augusto Germanico 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 bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder and balteus and strap across chest
Reverse inscription DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, S C
Edition Dacico Parthico Pontifici Maximo Tribunicia Potestate XX Consuli VI Patri Patriae Senatus Consulto 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 23 mm
Average weight 8.50 g
Axis 6
Reference McAlee 511; Woytek 937t
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Freeman & Sear FPL 6, Summer 2001, 106 (ex Sternberg IX, 15–16 Nov. 1979, lot 82; Leu 50, 25 Apr. 1990, lot 302)
2 2     CNG EA 298, 13 Mar. 2013, lot 141
3 3     ✸ Savoca 82nd Online Auction, 26 July 2020, lot 277
4 4     Leu WA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2787