RPC III, 3677

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3677
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 and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
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 19 mm
Average weight 4.23 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference RIC 650; BMC 1103; McAlee 520; Woytek 936v, 938v
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.650
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)
Note OPTIM: 9; Metal analysis on 1 (Cu: 85.5; Zn: 13.1; Sn: 1.90; Pb: 0.32)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1103 and pl. 45. 8 (but described as draped and cuirassed bust)
2 2     L BMC 1104
3 3     O: Douce
4 4     O: (Christ Church)
5 5     G: RICHCC II, 408 and pl. 16
6 6     G: RICHCC II, 409 and pl. 16
7 7     P: 10819 BNCMER IV, 960
8 8     V: RÖ 8553
10 10     Milan: 519
11 11     Milan: 520
12 12     Milan: 521
13 13     NY: 1944.100.44779
14 14     ✸ NY: 1992.52.14
15 15     Princeton Firestone Library (P.U.L. 1380)
16 16     Princeton Firestone Library (P.U.L. 1381 and pl. XXI)
17 17     Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 Mar. 2006, lot 2114
18 18     McAlee coll.
19 19     V: RÖ 8555