RPC III, 661

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 661
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Philippi
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Augustus
Issue Cos V
Dating AD 103/11
Obverse inscription IMP [CAES NER]VA TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Nerva Traian(us) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) Dac(icus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) Co(n)s(ul) V P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus chief priest, with tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, with paludamentum, seen from rear, 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 26 mm
Average weight 10.63 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Princeton Firestone Library 2000–66 (ex CNG MBS 55, 13 Sept. 2000, lot 913)
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2536 (ex Lanz 132, 27 Nov. 2006, lot 380; CNG EA 262, 17 Aug. 2011, lot 223)
3 3     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sep.-1st Oct. 2012, lot 2114 (ex Art Coins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 68)