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III, 4072
Image of specimen #6
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4072
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Volume
III
Number
4072
Province
Arabia
Region
Arabia
City
Arabian mint
Reign
Trajan
Person (obv.)
Trajan (Augustus)
Issue
Drachms: Antioch Style; Tr Pot XVI Cos VI
Dating
AD 112
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ Ν
Ε
Ρ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ Ϲ
Ε
Β Γ
Ε
ΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition
Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation
Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design
laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription
ΔΗΜΑΡΧ
Ε
Ξ ΙϚ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ
Edition
δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ιϛʹ ὕπατ(ος) ϛʹ
Translation
holder of the tribunitian power for the sixteenth time, consul for the sixth time
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
18 mm
Average weight
3.12 g
Axis
6
Reference
S 183, Metcalf 14
Specimens
4 (3 in the core collections)
Note
Drachms: Antioch style 4723-6: AR. 19-20 mm, 3.14 g (173). Axis: 6
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
L
BMC 62 (under Caesarea)
2.61
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2
2
NY: 1956.127.1947
18
3.31
6
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3
3
NY: 1956.127.2048
18.5
3.24
6
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6
6
✸
IMJ
Sofaer 1, under Bostra
17.9
3.30
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