RPC III, 4068

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4068
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
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 temple with two columns on podium of four steps within which cult image of Artemis of Perge; in pediment, eagle and varying ornamentation
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 10.04 g
Reference Metcalf — , Woytek bust a, Ganschow X15a
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same obv. die. 2, 5, 8: same obv. die. 7: same obv. die as 4053/7, 11.
Note [8 coins, 3 obv. dies, 1 shared with 4053]

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1965/921
2 2     Amsterdam: S 2770
3 3     A Eleutheropolis Hoard = Svoronos JIAN 10, 1907, 235/89, pl. 6, 2
4 4     CNG 50, 23 June 1999, lot 1138
5 5     MünzZentrum 104, 6 Sept. 2000, lot 393 (ex Knopek 30 Sept. 1978, lot 454;MünzZentrum m 96, 10 Sept. 1998, lot 602)
6 6     CNG 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 911
7 7     Emporium 47, 23 May 2002, lot 265
8 8     ✸ Elsen 95, 15 Mar. 2008, lot 476