RPC III, 4055

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4055
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Arabian mint
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tr Pot Cos VI
Dating AD 112–14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατ(ος) ϛ'
Translation tribune of the people, consul for the sixth time
Reverse design aquila between two signa; wreath on left signum and hand on right signum
Metal silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.19 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 225, Metcalf 9, Woytek bust b and d, Ganschow X14b
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6–7: same obv. die. 2, 13: same obv. die. 4, 8, 10: same obv. die. 5, 9: same obv. die. 11: same obv. die as 4056/1, 3–4.
Note [14 coins, 8 obv. dies, 1 shared with 4056]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 5436
2 2     Amsterdam: S 2823
3 3     A Eleutheropolis Hoard = Svoronos JIAN 10, 1907, 235/93, pl. 6, 5
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     NY: 1893.14.51 MN 20, pl. XIII, 9 = SNG 1163
6 6     NY: 1956.127.2270
7 7     NY: 1978.64.254
8 8     Hirsch 60, 2 Dec. 1968, lot 524
9 9     Schulman Fixpreisliste 215, Frühjahr 1979, lot 287
10 10     Dorotheum 424, Sept. 1983, lot 29
11 11     Hirsch 175, 23 Sept. 1992, lot 836
12 12     Crédit de la Bourse 19 Apr. 1995, lot 294
13 13     CNG EA 326, 7 May 2014, lot 343
14 14     ✸ CNG EA 327, 28 May 2014, lot 845
15 15     Henseler 266 (ex List MM 546, 1991, lot 191)