RPC III, 745

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 745
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Cos V
Dating AD 103/11
Obverse inscription IMP CAE NER TRA AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P
Edition Imp(erator) Cae(sar) Ner(va) Tra(ianus) 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 head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Φιλιπποπολειτῶν
Translation of the Philippopolitans
Reverse design Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver with her right hand and holding bow in her left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.79 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference Mouchmov 10, Varbanov 624–5, Varbanov, Philippopolis 28, Trajan III.1
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 744/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 27, 7 June 1999, lot 866
2 2     ✸ Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, lot 553
3 3     Lanz 146, 25 May 2009, lot 437
4 4     T. Buggey coll. = Agora Auctions Numismatic 75, 10 July 2018, lot 144
5 5     Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1275
6 6     Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2448
7 7     Davissons Ltd 43, 23 Mar. 2024, lot 83