RPC III, 4078

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4078
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 bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
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 19 mm
Average weight 3.21 g
Axis 6
Reference S 204; Metcalf —, Ganschow X19b
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–4, 7: same obv. die.
Note [7 coins, 4 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 65 (under Caesarea)
2 2     G SNG 3632
3 3     NY: 1956.127.2023
4 4     NY: 1956.127.2026
5 5     NY: 1956.127.2247
6 6     ✸ Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins and Collectibles 41, 27 May 2007, lot 2916
7 7     Ponterio and Associates 151, Baltimore Auction, 12 Nov. 2009, lot 8119