RPC III, 3844

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3844
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Trajan, Divus Augustus, Divus Nerva
Dating AD 114 or later
Obverse inscription IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC P P
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Ner(vae) Traiano Op(timo) Aug(usto) Ger(manico) Dac(ico) P(atri) P(atriae)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription COL BER
Edition col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony of Berytus
Reverse design 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 20.29 g
Axis 1
Reference S 713, Rouvier 521corr.
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 3845/1–2.
Note 2 (S 654) read by Sawaya as IMP CAES NER TRAIANO AVG GERM DAC COS VI, but only [ ]DAC [ ] is at all clear; and the obv. die seems to be the same as P 1222. Rouvier gave the obv. inscription as IMP CAES NER TRAIANOS
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1222 S 713
2 2     NY: 1944.100.70289 S 654