RPC III, 3928

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ
Reverse design Hygieia seated right on rock, feeding serpent from patera; in field, ET Ч
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 12
2 2     L BMC 13
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: Morel
5 5     Amsterdam
6 6     Sofaer 5
7 7     Sofaer 6
8 8     Rosenberger III 7
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 251 (2011) lot 299