RPC III, 618

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 618
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, right, with wreath and palm; in right field, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.39 g
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou, Trajan 5, 10 and 7–12, 12–17
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1359 Touratsoglou 5, 10
2 2 –7     See Touratsoglou
8 8     CGT coll. = London Ancient Coins Auction N, 26 June 2014, lot 93
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll. = Savoca 18 Blue, 30 March 2019, lot 596
11 11     Cop: 412
12 12     Savoca 114th Blue, 25 Sep. 2021, lot 474