RPC III, 663

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 663
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Philippi
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Augustus
Issue Cos ?
Obverse inscription IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GER [
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Nerva Traian(us) Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, Augustus, conqueror of Germany [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, with drapery on right shoulder, 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 tbase 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 8.87 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The consulate cannot be read with certainty, but the presence of the paludamentum sets this coin apart from the other series
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ H.I. coll.