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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3839 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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. |