RPC III, 42

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 42
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Αὔγ(ουστος) Τραϊανὸς Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακι(κός)
Translation Emperor Augustus Trajan Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, with drapery on shoulder, left
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤωΝ
Edition Κοινόν Κρητῶν
Translation Koinon of the Cretans
Reverse design river god reclining left, holding branch in right hand, left arm resting on overturned vase whence water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.56 g
Axis 6
Reference Sv 90
Specimens 13 (10 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend clockwise starting at 9

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