RPC III, 3675

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3675
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck in Rome for circulation in Syria; Second group: Half-Unit
Dating AD 116
Obverse inscription IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM(O) 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 drapery 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 19 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 1100; CRS 411/22; McAlee 516, 518 and 519; Woytek 936b, 938b
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
Note OPTIM: 5; McAlee 518 is not illustrated and McAlee 519 might be similar to McAlee 518 (according to McAlee n. 377). Better specimens are awaited: 6 and 7 now have OPTIM..
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 1100 and pl. 45. 6
2 2     V: R 8554
3 3     V: R 42237
4 4     Milan: 522
5 5     NY: 1944.100.44778
6 6     CGT coll., ex eBay Lanz
7 7     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
8 8     CGT coll
9 9     CGT coll.