RPC III, 3834

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3834
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Nerva (Divus)
Issue Trajan, Divus Augustus, Divus Nerva
Dating AD 99/102
Obverse inscription DIVOS NERVA AVGVSTVS
Edition Div<u>{o}s Nerva Augustus
Translation Divine Nerva Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL BER
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design veiled figure ploughing right with two oxen
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.42 g
Axis 12
Reference S 630–52, S 521–5corr., Rouvier 515
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Note S recorded 6 obv. and 13 rev. dies (1 shared with 3833). On one specimen (AUB 51 = S 638) the rev. inscription is COL BER. For a discussion of the coins (8-12) erroneously attributed to the reign of Nerva, see introduction.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 82
2 2 –7     see S
8 8     ✸ P: Chandon de Briailles 733
9 9     P Babelon 1214
11 11     P Babelon 1215
12 12     P: Chandon de Briailles 734
13 13     L S 649 = BMC 81
14 14     Freiburg: 12454