RPC III, 3798

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3798
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 163
Dating AD 115/16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Ἀριστ(ὸς) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακ(ικὸς) Παρ(θήκoς)
Translation Emperor Nerva Traianus the Best Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕωΝ ΓΞΡ
Edition Ἰουλιέων τῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων γξρʹ
Translation of the Julians also called Laodiceans, (year) 163
Reverse design turreted and veiled bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.54 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 48, 51
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
Note in field, r., ΚΟΜ or ΠΑ

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2948 BMC 48
2 2     Amsterdam: S 3035
3 3     Hamburger, 19 Oct. 1925, lot 832
4 4     Freeman and Sear, Manhattan Sale II, 4 Jan. 2011, lot 237 (ex Gorny & Mosch 107, 2 Apr. 2001, lot 328; CNG 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1266)
5 5     L: 1895,0508.301 BMC 51
6 6     P: 1148
7 7     P: S d R
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     ✸ Naumann 74, 3 Feb. 2019, lot 228
10 10     Freiburg: 12401
11 11     Freiburg: 12402
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     Savoca 114th Blue, 25 Sep. 2021, lot 738