RPC III, 705

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 705
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Juventius Celsus Titus Aufidius Hoenius Severianus (presbeutes)
Dating AD 109/12
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καὶ(σαρ) Σε(βαστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δα(κικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥΟΥ ΚΕΛϹ ΠΡΕϹ ΠΕΡΙΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἰουου(εντίου) Κέλσ(ου) πρέσ(βευτοῦ) Περιν(θίων)
Translation under presbeutes Juventius Celsus, of the Perinthians
Reverse design lion skin over club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.06 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sch 359–63
Specimens 17 (4 in the core collections)
Note E. Chiricat comments: 'To be translated Iuventius Celsus pres(byteros) = Iuventius Celsus the Elder; πρεσβευτής καὶ ἀντιστράτηγος = legatus pro praetore is also possible, even though Perinthos was a Greek city. It all depends on the local habit, which I am not familiar with.'
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lanz 78, 25 Nov. 1996, lot 592
2 2     C SNG 1750
3 3     B: 18239224, 203/1928
4 4     V: GR 8880
5 5     O
6 6     Amsterdam: S 2527
7 7     Amsterdam: S 2528
8 8     Gotha
9 9     St Florian St Florian
10 10     Lischine 744
11 11     Naumann 67, 1 July 2018, lot 319
12 12     Agora Auctions Numismatic 75 (Buggey), 10 July 2018, lot 142
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll. (exSavoca 19 Blue, 21 Apr. 2019, lot 689)
15 15     Numismatic Naumann 88, 5 Apr. 2020, lot 386
16 16     Numismatik Naumann 102, 2 May 2021, lot 414
17 17     ✸ K.K. coll.