RPC III, 6551


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6551 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	III
Number	6551
Province	Uncertain
Region	Uncertain
City	Uncertain
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation	Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar
Obverse design	laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	[ ]
Edition	[---]
Translation	[---]
Reverse design	cornucopia on globe, left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	16 mm
Average weight	2.88 g
Axis	6
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links	1, 4–5: same obv. die.
Note	6550 and 6551 are probably Bithynian issues
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1974.226.42		15	2.47	6		Show
2	2		CGT coll.	17	3.55	6	Globe appears larger than in other specimens and positioned at side, rather than below	Show
4	4 ✸		Savoca, Silver EA 30, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 233	15.2	2.71			Show
5	5		Aquila 3, 25 June 2022, lot 551	17.6	2.80			Show