RPC III, 3809

 

Image of specimen #27

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3809
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Gabala
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue ΒΝΡ = 152
Dating AD 106/7
Obverse inscription ΝΕΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Νέρ(ουας) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊα(νὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Nerva Caesar Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition Γαβαλέων
Translation of the Gabaleans
Reverse design goddess (Astarte?) seated left, holding ears of corn and poppy in right hand, left resting on long sceptre; at her feet, sphinx, left; star above sphinx; In left Field, ΒΝΡ; In ex., Сω
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.90 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference BMC 4–5
Specimens 47 (30 in the core collections)
Note 2, 12: no star; cmk: - SA (GIC 573) on the obv. of 32

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