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III, 3836
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3836
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Volume
III
Number
3836
Province
Syria
Region
Phoenicia
City
Berytus
Reign
Trajan
Person (obv.)
Augustus
Issue
Trajan, Divus Augustus, Divus Nerva
Dating
AD 99/102
Obverse inscription
DIVOS AVGVSTVS
Edition
Div{o}<u>s Augustus
Translation
Divine Augustus
Obverse design
head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription
COL V BER VIII
Edition
col(onia) V Ber(ytus) VIII
Translation
the Colony of Berytus, (legions) 5 (and) 8
Reverse design
two military standards, each surmounted by eagle and two signa
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
20 mm
Average weight
7.61 g
Axis
12
Reference
S 606–623, Rouvier 497
Specimens
18 (1 in the core collections)
Note
S recorded 3 obv. dies and 5 rev. dies (one of which is shared with 3835). The rev. inscription on NY 1944.100.70236 = S 623 is only V VIII. For the coin in NY with an anomalous obv. inscription, see 3854/2 (Hadrian) = S 629. Beirut excavations = Butcher
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
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B: 18209904
S 616
20
7.61
12
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2
2 –18
see S 606–23 (not 616)
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