RPC III, 3819

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3819
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Aradus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 374
Dating AD 115/16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚ ΠΑ[ΡΘ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Νέρουας Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικὸς Παρθικός Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστ(ος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακ(ικὸς) Παρθ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan, the Best, Caesar Augustus, Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ, ΔΟΤ
Edition Ἀραδίων δοτʹ Ἀραδίων δοτʹ
Translation of the Aradians, 374
Reverse design goddess seated on rudder, left, wearing kalathos, holding end of rudder and cornucopia; to right, Phoenician letter
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.03 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 402, BMC 371
Specimens 22 (19 in the core collections)
Note Rouvier did not give the Ρ at the end of ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, but it is clear on 3 and 9.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 371
2 2     L BMC 372
3 3     L BMC 373
4 4     ✸ P: 1155
5 5     P: Chandon 1249
6 6     P: Chandon 1246
7 7     B: 18258266, 8416
8 8     B: 18258267, Löbb.
9 9     B: Löbb.
10 10     B: Löbb.
11 11     Cop SNG 80
12 12     O
13 13     O
14 14     C: Gen.
15 15     NY: 1944.100.70751
16 16     NY
17 17     NY
18 18     AUB 209corr. (see above, introduction)
19 19     AUB 210 (‘Baramki date AUB 210 de 114/5 par erreur’: Sawaya, op. cit., p. 215 n. 146)
20 20     P: 1156
21 21     CGT coll. ex M. Breitsprecher ex Lindgren
22 22     P: 1157