RPC III, 4052

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4052
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 V
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
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
Reference Syd. —; Metcalf —, Ganschow X12c
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die.
Note [1 obv. die]

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 59
2 2     L BMC 60
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2757
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Hirsch 174, 13 May 1992, lot 683