RPC III, 4050

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4050
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Arabian mint
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tr Pot Cos V
Dating AD 111
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus tribunicia potestate consul tribunicia potestate consul V
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Ε
Reverse design Arabia standing facing, head left, wearing chiton, peplos and stephane, holding branch in right hand over Arabian camel to left and bundle of cinnamon sticks (?) in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Metcalf 1, Ganschow X12a
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same obv. die. 2, 6: same obv. die.
Note [8 coins, 6 obv. dies]

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amsterdam: S 2756
2 2     NY: 1968.57.133 SNG 1154
3 3     Galerie des Monnaies, Genève, 9 June 1978, lot 1713
4 4     Giessener Münzhandlung 60, 5 Nov. 1992, lot 394
5 5     CNG 45, 18 Mar. 1998, lot 1053
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 292, 5 Dec. 2012, lot 333
7 7     CNG EA 313, 23 Oct. 2013, lot 187
8 8     VCoins Zuzim Judaea es159
9 9     R. Effler coll. (ex Zeus 10, 2020, lot 518)