RPC III, 3676

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3676
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
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 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 20 mm
Average weight 4.48 g
Reference BMC 1101–2; McAlee 517; Woytek 936t, 938d
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Note Metal analysis on 1 (Cu: 82.0; Zn: 13.4; Sn: 1.80; Pb: 2.60) and 2 (Cu: 85.0; Zn: 12.8; Sn: 1.40; Pb: 0.55); OPTIM: 4

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 1101 and pl. 45. 7
2 2     L BMC 1102
3 3     O: Douce
4 4     P: 10820 BNCMER IV, 961
5 5     CGF VSO XXI, 18 June 2004, lot 2475