RPC III, 3954

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3954
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating c. 115
Obverse inscription IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC COS VI P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Ner(vae) Traiano Op(timo) Aug(usto) Ger(manico) Dac(ico) Co(n)s(ul) VI P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the best, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans and Dacians, consul for the sixth time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on shoulder
Reverse inscription C I F AVG CAES
Edition c(olonia) I F(lavia) Aug(usta) Caes(arensis)
Translation the August first Flavian colony of Caesarea
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing Astarte-Tyche, with foot on prow, standing left holding human bust and spear; to right, figure of river (?) god; below, horned altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 24.74 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference De Saulcy 4, Kadman 22, BMC 39
Specimens 21 (9 in the core collections)
Note Specimens known to Kadman: 18
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 39
2 2     L BMC 40
3 3     L BMC 41
4 4     P: 47
5 5     P: Chandon 937
6 6     B: oN
7 7     B: 283/1883
8 8     NY: 1944.100.68924 SNG 760
9 9     NY: 1944.100.68925 SNG 761
10 10     Amsterdam
11 11     Amsterdam
12 12     IMJ Sofaer 21
13 13     Rosenberger II 19
14 14     CNG MBS 60 (2002) lot 1270
15 15     CNG 63 (2003) lot 847
16 16     CNG 85 (2010) lot 689
17 17     MM XXV (1962) lot 518
18 18     ✸ Heritage March 2012 Signature Sale 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20579 (ex Superior Galleries 12–10–1988, lot 2107)
19 19     MJ 78.02042 (worn)
20 20     Galst
21 21     R. Hoppensteadt coll.