RPC III, 3810

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3810
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Gabala
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue No date
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ(Μ)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊα(νὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Caesar Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, Ϲω (in exergue)
Edition Γαβαλέων Σω(—)
Translation of the Gabaleans, So—(?)
Reverse design eagle with wings spread, left on palm; (star in left field)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.16 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 6
Specimens 23 (14 in the core collections)
Note 3: ϹⲰ read as ΕΝΡ (year 155 = AD 109/10, not 108/9 anyway); 2 and 3: star in field, l.; 10, 13: star in field, r.; 1, 4, 7, 8 (?): no palm but an exergue line under eagle

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