RPC III, 476

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 476
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Τραϊανὸς Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ
Translation Trajan Emperor Caesar
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΙΕΡΑ
Edition Νεικόπολις ἱερά
Translation sacred Nicopolis
Reverse design winged bust of Nicopolis, right, crowned with three towers joined by curtain walls
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.77 g
Axis 6
Reference Oikonomidou Trajan 6–9, Calomino 33 A-B
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 15 and pl. XIX, 4, Oikonomidou Trajan 6α and pl. 12
2 2     L BMC 16, Oikonomidou Trajan 9 and pl. 12 rev.
3 3     O: Evans 1934 Oikonomidou Trajan 6γ and pl. 12
4 4     ✸ P: 183 Oikonomidou Trajan 7 and pl. 12 rev.
5 5     V: GR 11904 Schlosser 25 = Oikonomidou Trajan 6β
6 6     B: Löbb. Oikonomidou Trajan 8 and pl. 12
7 7     Kagan Coll. (ex Lindgren 1441)
8 8     Nomos Obolos Webauction 26, 18 Dec. 2022, lot 336