RPC III, 3842

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3842
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 112/14
Obverse inscription IMP NER TRAI CAES AVG GER DAC COS VI
Edition Imp(erator) Ner(va) Trai(anus) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) Dac(icus) Co(n)s(ul) VI
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, consul for the sixth time
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription COL BER
Edition col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation colony of Berytus
Reverse design veiled figure ploughing right with two oxen
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.30 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference S 687–704, Rouvier 524
Specimens 30 (5 in the core collections)
Note Rev. changed from COL IVL AVG FE BER
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1224 S 691
2 2     ✸ P: Chandon 741 S 694
3 3     P: Vogüé 314 S 701
4 4     L: 1908,0110.1117 BMC 85 = S 692, 689
5 5     L: G.4399 ex Reichardt 217 = BMC 86 (a cast, perhaps ancient, as noted by BMC 86n.)
6 6 –28     see S 687–8, 690, 692–3. 695–700, 702–4
29 29     CGT coll.
30 30     CGT coll.