RPC III, 3836

 

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Coin type
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 Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18209904 S 616
2 2 –18     see S 606–23 (not 616)