RPC III, 3911


Image of specimen #21

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	3911
Province	Syria
Region	Phoenicia
City	Ptolemais
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Dating	AD 116/17
Obverse inscription	IMP CAES NER TRAI(A)NO (sic) OPT AVG GER DA(C) PAR
Edition	Imperator Caesar Nervae Traiano Optimo Augusto Germanico Dacico Parthico Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Ner(vae) Traiano Opt(imo) Aug(usto) Ger(manico) Dac(ico) Par(thico)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the best, Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Parthicus
Obverse design	laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on shoulder
Reverse inscription	COL PTOL
Edition	colonia Ptolemais col(onia) Ptol(emais)
Translation	colony of Ptolemais
Reverse design	Tyche with two ears of corn seated right on rocks; below, river god
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	10.50 g
Axis	10, 11, 12
Reference	De Saulcy 1, Rouvier 998 (corr.); Kadman 97–99 (corr.), BMC 19
Specimens	32 (14 in the core collections)
Note	1-7, 21-24: (TRAIANO); 8-20: (TRAINO (sic))

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1907,0107.1	BMC 19	25	12.63	10		Show
2	2	L: 1908,0110.1238	BMC 20	24	10.27	11		Show
3	3	L: 1908,0110.1240	BMC 21	23	11.56	11		Show
4	4	L: 1908,0110.1239	BMC 22	23.5	11.15	11	Pierced	Show
5	5	L: 1931,0603.38		24	7.91	11	Obv.: GIC 50 (two facing bearded busts (M. Aurelius and L. Verus?))	Show
6	6	P: Chandon 1002			12.05			Show
7	7	P: 1528 (?)			10.06			Show
8	8	P: 1529			9.59		with TRAINO (sic)	Show
9	9	B: Löbb.			9.38			Show
10	10	NY: 1944.100.71209		25	10.10	12		Show
11	11	NY: 1944.100.71210		23	9.37	12		Show
12	12	NY: 1999.32.189		23	7.82	12		Show
13	13	G: 3436			10.58		DA PAR is very clear	Show
14	14	O			12.36			Show
15	15	Beirut-AUB: 13						Show
16	16	IMJ: 2013.34.33266	Sofaer 135	26.2	10.91			Show
17	17	IMJ: 2013.34.33267	Sofaer 136	24.6	10.29			Show
18	18		Tom Vossen (VCoins Apr. 2011) (TRAINO)		10.49			Show
19	19		CGT coll. = CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 390	23	10.54	12		Show
20	20		CNG EA 208, 8 Apil 2009, lot 246	23	10.73	12		Show
21	21 ✸		CNG EA 160, 14 March, 2007, lot 232	24	12.20			Show
22	22		Stack’s 13.12.2006 lot 87					Show
23	23		CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1261	21	11.27		TRAINO	Show
24	24		CNG 429, 6 March 2019, lot 253	24	10.38		Obv.: GIC 474 (winged thunderbolt)	Show
25	25	IMJ: 2008.037/588			10.79			Show
26	26	IMJ: 95.002.14710						Show
27	27	IMJ: 78.01693			8.47			Show
28	28		Kadman 98				Obv.: GIC 474 (winged thunderbolt)	Show
29	29		Kadman 99				Obv.: GIC 474 (winged thunderbolt)	Show
30	30	Leeds-UL: 1288		25.8	10.16			Show
31	31	IMJ: 2008.037/598		21	11.96			Show
32	32		Richard McAlee coll.	24	10.36	11	DAC	Show