RPC III, 3678

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3678
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 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 and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
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 20 mm
Average weight 4.55 g
Reference McAlee 521, Woytek 936f
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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