RPC III, 3771

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3771
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Seleucia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ (ΔΑΚ)
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Ἀριστ(ος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Best Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕωΝ Π(Ε)ΙΕΡΙΑϹ, ΖΕΥϹ ΚΑϹΙΟϹ, Δ
Edition Σελευκέων Πειερίας Ζεὺς Κάσιος δʹ
Translation of the Pierian (city) of the Seleucians, Zeus Kasios, 4
Reverse design sacred stone of Zeus Kasios with fillet attached within shrine consisting of four pillars supporting a pyramidal roof surmounted by an eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.65 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 39 and 43; CRS 420/55a and 59a
Specimens 20 (6 in the core collections)
Note No difference was made between CRS 55a and 59a
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 39
2 2     L BMC 43
3 3     G SNG 2729
4 4     P: 1376
5 5     Amsterdam: S 3048
6 6     Amsterdam: S 3051
7 7     Bern: Righetti 2135
8 8     B: 18261098, 1863 Dannenberg
9 9     B: 18258305, Löbbecke
10 10     Beirut
11 11     Yale: 2001.87.12618
12 12     Yale: 2008.83.35
13 13     Falghera 751
14 14     MM Deutschland 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 160 (ex Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 28, 10 June1985, lot 123)
15 15     CNG MBS 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 809 (part of) (ex CNG MBS 47, 16 Sept. 1998, lot 968)
16 16     CGT coll., ex VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 18
17 17     Leeds-UL: 1202
18 18     Freiburg: 12424
19 19     Brisbane: 1177
20 20     ✸ Auctiones GmbH e #86, 15 Dec. 2024, lot 33