RPC III, 43

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 43
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 Tyche standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopia in left; at her feet, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.07 g
Axis 6
Reference Sv 91
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B Sv pl. XXXV, 6: rev.
2 2     Milan: Brera 2333 Nicodemi 2748
3 3     ✸ Nomos obolos 11, 7 Dec. 2018, lot 412