RPC III, 44


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/44 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	III
Number	44
Province	Cyrenaica and Crete
Region	Crete
City	Koinon of Crete
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Dating	c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ[ ] ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Edition	Αὐ[---] Τραϊανὸς Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακι(κός)
Translation	Emperor [---] Trajan Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	bare head of Trajan, left
Reverse inscription	ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤωΝ
Edition	Κοινόν Κρητῶν
Translation	Koinon of the Cretans
Reverse design	Zeus draped, seated left, holding eagle in extended right hand, his left resting on sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	6.09 g
Axis	6
Reference	Sv —, SNG G 357
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			G	SNG 357	21.6	6.81		the obv. legend is read as ΑΥΓΟΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ, which seems unlikely	Show
2	2				CGT coll., ex eBay Denant	22	5.37	6		Show