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

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 4 (and Pl. XXVIII, 8: rev.)
2 2     L BMC 5
3 3     C SNG 5952
4 4     G SNG 3231
5 5     G SNG 3232
6 6     P: 1023
7 7     P: 1023a
8 8     P: 1024
9 9     Bern: Righetti 2093
10 10     Mu SNG 829
11 11     Mu SNG 830
12 12     B: 18260459, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
13 13     B: 18260466, 1930/1078
14 14     B: 18260467, 1847/8107
15 15     B: 18260469, 1873 Fox
16 16     NY: 1944.100.66233
17 17     NY: 1944.100.66234
18 18     NY: 1944.100.66235
19 19     NY: 1944.100.66236
20 20     NY: 1944.100.66237
21 21     NY: 1944.100.66238
22 22     NY: 1944.100.66239
23 23     NY: 1955.149.4
24 24     NY: 1948.19.2046
25 25     NY: 1961.154.72
26 26     Lindgren 2052
27 27     ✸ CNG MBS 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 865
28 28     MM Deutschland 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 668 = M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 668
29 29     MM Deutschland 20, Righetti coll., 10 Oct. 2006, lot 639 = M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 639
30 30     MM Deutschland 29, 31 Oct. 2008, lot 2683 = CNG 291, 30 Sep. 2009, lot 371
31 31     CNG EA 203, Wagner coll., 28 Jan. 2009, lot 391 = CNG EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, lot 391
32 32     P: Chandon 1390
33 33     P: Y28045.55
34 34     P: Y23879.198
35 35     P: Chandon 1392
36 36     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74, 5 June 2018, lot 147
37 37     Freiburg: 12390
38 38     CGT coll.
39 39     CGT coll.
40 40     CGT coll.
41 41     B: 18260460, 1906 Löbbecke
42 42     B: 18260468, 1873 Fox
43 43     Savoca Silver 118, 21 Nov. 2021, lot 370
44 44     Roma Numismatics EA 23, 9 Jan. 2016, lot 288
45 45     Private coll.
46 46     CNG 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 293
47 47     CNG 219, 30 Sep. 2009, lot 371 = Münzen & Medaillen 29, 31 Oct. 2008, lot 2683, ex J. P. Righetti Coll., 11094