RPC III, 3941

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3941
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Gaba
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 171
Dating AD 111/12
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΚΛ ΦΙ ΓΑ-ΒΗΝωΝ
Edition Κλ(αυδιέων) Φι(λιππείων) Γαβηνῶν
Translation of the Claudian Philippian Gabinians
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding sceptre and cornucopia; in field, right, ΑΟΡ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.84 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2428 (Hamburger)
2 2     B: 648/1898
3 3     Sofaer 16 (and Pl. 41)
4 4     ✸ Heritage Signature Auction – Long Beach 3018, Shoshanna coll. 2, 5–6 Sept. 2012, lot 20396
5 5     Caesarea excavations: see J. DeRose Evans, The Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima Excavation Reports. The Coins, and the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Economy of Palestine (American School of Oriental Research, Boston 2006), pp. 18 and 109, no. 70, where it is misdescribed as an unpublished coin of Dora for Trajan
6 6     T. Buggey coll., ex Schick coins = Agora Auction 76, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 241
7 7     CGT coll.