RPC III, 465

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 465
Province Achaea
Region Thessaly
City Magnesia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑ
Edition Τραϊα(νός)
Translation Trajan
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤωΝ
Edition Μαγνήτων
Translation of the Magnetes
Reverse design Poseidon seated on throne left, holding a dolphin in his extended right arm, his left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.95 g
Axis 6
Reference Rogers 365
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., the inscription is retrograde on r., reading upwards and, on the rev., retrograde up from right
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1933,0214.572 ex Rogers coll.
2 2     BCD coll.
3 3     ✸ Triton XV, BCD Thessaly, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 431.1