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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