RPC III, 3915

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3915
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Dora
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 175
Dating AD 112/13?
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νερ(όνα) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder; to right, star
Reverse inscription ΔωΡ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥΛ ΑΥΤΟΝ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ, ΡΟΕ
Edition Δῶρ(α) ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσυλ(α) αὐτόν(ομα) ναυαρχίς ροεʹ
Translation Dora, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, navarch, 175
Reverse design laureate head of Doros, right; to right, aphlaston
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.23 g
Axis 12
Reference De Saulcy 2–3, Rouvier 768, Meshorer 33
Specimens 18 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1192 BMC 30
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1190 BMC 31
3 3     L: 1859,1219.252 BMC 32
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     NY: 1944.100.70963
6 6     NY: 1944.100.70964
7 7     P: 1436
8 8     Sofaer 28
9 9     Sofaer 29
10 10     Rosenberger II 26
11 11     AUB 7
12 12     AUB 8
13 13     De Saulcy (acquired in Jerusalem)
14 14     De Saulcy (acquired in Beirut)
15 15     ✸ CNG EA 111 (2005) lot 114
16 16     Heritage World Auctions 357 (2004) lot 12089
17 17     Boersema 3822
18 18     IMJ: 78.02282