RPC III, 486

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 486
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹωΤΗΡ ΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Τραϊανὸς Σωτὴρ Πόλεως
Translation Emperor Trajan, Savior of the City
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription Α
Edition Ἄ(κτια)
Translation Actian games
Reverse design in a wreath of reeds
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.35 g
Reference Oikonomidou Trajan 15–20 and Oikonomidou Hadrian 23, Calomino 19
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1883,1007.2 Oikonomidou Trajan 16 and pl. 13
2 2     C SNG Leake 2601 = Oikonomidou Trajan 17 and pl. 13
3 3     P: 184 Oikonomidou Trajan 20 and pl. 13
4 4     ✸ B: Fox Oikonomidou Trajan 15 and pl. 13
5 5     A: 1970/227 Oikonomidou Trajan 19 and pl. 13
6 6     St Petersburg: 8230 Oikonomidou Trajan 18 and pl. 13
7 7     C: Leake Oikonomidou Hadrian 23 and pl. 16
8 8     Venice-MC
9 9     Pecunem 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 400