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)
Nominative Nerva Caesar Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ, Ϲω (in exergue)
Reverse design eagle with wings spread, left on palm; (star in left field)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
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

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 6
2 2     G SNG 3233
3 3     Mu SNG 828
4 4     NY: 0000.999.26817
5 5     NY: 1944.100.66240
6 6     NY: 1944.100.66241
7 7     NY: 1948.19.2047
8 8     Lindgren 2053
9 9     ✸ MM Deutschland 20, Righetti coll., 10 Oct. 2006, lot 640
10 10     MM Deutschland 20, Righetti coll., 10 Oct. 2006, lot 641 (part of)
11 11     CNG EA 203, Wagner coll., 28 Jan. 2009, lot 392
12 12     CNG EA 244, Wagner coll., 10 Nov. 2010, lot 348
13 13     CGT coll., ex Moneta Numismatic Services
14 14     P: 1019
15 15     P: 1017
16 16     P: Chandon 1396
17 17     P: Chandon 1395
18 18     P: Y2885.3
19 19     P: Chandon 1396A
20 20     P: Y23879.197
21 21     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 146
22 22     F. Volpato coll.
23 23     Savoca 195th Weekly Auction, 10 Feb. 2024, lot 200