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III, 659
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/659
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Volume
III
Number
659
Province
Macedonia
Region
Macedonia
City
Philippi
Reign
Trajan
Person (obv.)
Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.)
Augustus
Issue
Cos III
Dating
AD 100
Obverse inscription
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GER P M COS III
Edition
Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Nerva Traian(us) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Co(n)s(ul) III
Translation
Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, chief priest, consul for the third time
Obverse design
laureate head of Trajan, left
Reverse inscription
COL AVG IVL PHILIP
Edition
col(onia) Aug(usta) Iul(ia) Philip(pensis)
Translation
Colony Augusta Julia of the Philippi
Reverse design
base inscribed DIVVS/AVG, statue of Augustus in military dress crowned by statue of Divus Julius wearing toga; to left and right, altar
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
27 mm
Average weight
9.32 g
Reference
Varbanov 3781
Specimens
2 (0 in the core collections)
Note
Hirsch 272, 4-7 May 2011, lot 561 (ex Hirsch 263, 24-26 Sep. 2009, lot 2737) might belong to this series, according to the style of portrait.
Correction
Corrected coin-type (post publication)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
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Rauch 75, 6 May 2005, lot 147
27.2
10.92
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2
2
Rauch 76, 17 Oct. 2005, lot 386
7.71
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