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Image of specimen #9 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3928 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | III |
Number | 3928 |
Province | Judaea |
Region | Galilaea |
City | Tiberias |
Reign | Trajan |
Person (obv.) | Trajan (Augustus) |
Issue | Year 90 |
Dating | AD 107/8 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΝΟϹ (sic) ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸ(ς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus |
Obverse design | laureate head of Trajan, right |
Reverse inscription | ΤΙΒΕΡΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ, ΕΤ Ϙ |
Edition | Τιβερι(έων) Κλαυδι(οπολειτῶν) ἔτ(ους) ϙʹ |
Translation | of the Tiberian Claudiopolitans, of year 90 |
Reverse design | Hygieia seated right on rock, feeding serpent from patera |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 10.19 g |
Reference | BMC 12 |
Specimens | 9 (4 in the core collections) |
Note | As well as the mistake in Trajan’s name, one would have expected an abbreviation of the title Dacicus to appear on the obverse, as on the other denominations, but it does not seem to. |