RPC III, 617

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 617
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 98/102–3
Obverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Τραϊανὸς Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Trajan Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕωΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, with wreath and palm; in left field, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 16.58 g
Reference Touratsoglou, Trajan 1–4, 1–9 and 6, 11
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
Note Ⲱ and Ω are both used.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 411 = Touratsoglou 6, 11
2 2 –10     See Touratsoglou
11 11     VCoins 2010 Nemesis Ancients and Antiquities 7641, 12.80 (attributed to Nicaea)
12 12     ✸ Münz Zentrum 190, 11 Mar. 2020, lot 408