RPC III, 4080

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4080
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, left, 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 18 mm
Average weight 3.40 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Metcalf 20, Ganschow X19e
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 8: same obv. die. 3, 7: same obv. die. 4–5, 9–10, 12: same obv. die.
Note [10 coins, 4 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 375
2 2     Amsterdam: Schürmann coll.
3 3     Amsterdam: Schürmann coll.
4 4     NY: 1956.127.2122
5 5     NY: 1956.127.2251
6 6     NY: 1956.127.2252
7 7     NY: 1956.127.2253
8 8     NY: 1992.41.45
9 9     ✸ Künker 226, 11 Mar. 2013, lot 821
10 10     Naumann 46, 11. Sept. 2016, lot 465, ex Auction Frühwald 120, 21–22 May 2016, lot 758, ex Pecunem 11, 29 Dec. 2013, lot 449
11 11     Künker 288, 13 Mar. 2017, lot 530
12 12     F. Volpato coll., ex Naville 30, lot 212
13 13     Henseler 271 (ex Sonderliste MM, Nov. 1999, lot 194)