Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Ner(vae) Traiano Aug(usto) Germ(anico) Dac(ico) Co(n)s(uli) VI
Translation
to Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, consul for the sixth time
Obverse design
laureate head of Trajan, r
Reverse inscription
COL (IVL AVG FE) BER
Edition
col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fe(lix) Ber(ytus)
Translation
the Julian colony of Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design
temple with four columns enclosing statue of turreted Fortuna/Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on prow, facing, holding long stylis; to right, Victoria/Victory standing on column, left, crowning Fortuna/Tyche
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
30 mm
Average weight
23.97 g
Axis
1, 12
Reference
S 655–62, Rouvier 522
Specimens
13 (1 in the core collections)
Note
P 1221 = S 661 with a draped portrait bust and IMP CAES[ ] has a very strange portrait, but the same portrait appears (from the same die) on 9 (which clearly reads IMP CAES NER TRAI- [ ]. S recorded 2 obv. and 3 rev. dies.
