RPC III, 3839

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3839
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Nerva (Divus)
Issue Trajan, Divus Augustus, Divus Nerva
Dating AD 99/102
Obverse inscription [D]IVOS NERVA AVGVSTVS
Edition Div<u>{o}s Nerva Augustus
Translation Divine Nerva Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Nerva, 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 21 mm
Average weight 9.41 g
Reference S 653, Rouvier 516
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The O in [D]IVOS is not very clear and looks more like a letter with an angled linear stroke, but it could just about be an O, which seems most likely.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1217