RPC III, 45

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 45
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ
Translation Trajan Caesar
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, with paludamentum on left shoulder, viewed from front, left
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤωΝ
Edition Κοινόν Κρητῶν
Translation Koinon of the Cretans
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, his right hand resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.35 g
Reference Sv 80 corr., NC 1949, 38/8
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend clockwise starting at 6
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1947,0606.716 NC 1949, pl. V, 8: rev.
2 2     H. Schulman, The T. O. Mabbott coll., 6–11 June 1969, lot 1770