RPC III, 4077

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4077
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Arabian mint
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Drachms: Rome Style; Trajan Optimus
Dating AD 114–6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΑΡΙϹΤΩ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Νερ(ούᾳ) Τραϊανῷ Ἀριστῷ Σεβ(αστῷ) Γερμ(ανικῷ) Δακ(ικῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
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 camel, left
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.30 g
Axis 6
Reference S 204, Metcalf 19, Ganschow X19c
Specimens 14 (10 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5, 10: same obv. die. 6–7: same obv. die.
Note [13 coins, 7 obv. dies]

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 3631
2 2     P: 1984/709
3 3     Amsterdam: Schürmann coll.
4 4     NY: 1956.127.2024
5 5     NY
6 6     NY: 1956.127.2027
7 7     NY: 1956.127.2028
8 8     NY: 1956.127.2029
9 9     NY: 1956.127.2030
10 10     NY: 1956.127.2249
11 11     NY: 1956.127.2250
12 12     ✸ Peus 409, 25–26 Apr. 2013, lot 701
13 13     CNG EA 394, 29 Mar. 2017, lot 416
14 14     Swansea: EC1494