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III, 3822
Image of specimen #3
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3822
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Volume
III
Number
3822
Province
Syria
Region
Phoenicia
City
Aradus
Reign
Trajan
Person (obv.)
Trajan (Augustus)
Issue
Year 375
Dating
AD 116/17
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Ν
Ε
Ρ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ΚΑΙϹ Ϲ
Ε
Β ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ
Edition
Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς ἄριστ(ος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβ(αστὸς) Δακ(ικὸς) Παρθ(ικός)
Translation
Emperor Nerva Traianus best Caesar Augustus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design
laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription
ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ
Edition
Ἀραδίων
Translation
of Aradians
Reverse design
small basket between two palms and two sphinxes; to left, Phoenician letter; to right, ΕΟΤ
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
20 mm
Average weight
8.43 g
Axis
12
Reference
Rouvier 408
Specimens
3 (2 in the core collections)
Note
Rouvier’s reading of the obv. inscription as ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡΘ is confirmed by the NY specimen, on which the date is also clear.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
P: Vogüé 311
8.00
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2
2
NY: 1944.100.70758
20
9.64
12
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3
3
✸
CGT coll. = Zeus EA 17, 5 June 2021, lot 383
20
7.65
12
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