RPC III, 763

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 763
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ(ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ) ΝΕΡΟΥΑ ΤΡΑΙ(ΑΝΩ) ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ (ΔΑ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτορι Νέρουᾳ Τραιανῷ Καί(σαρι) Σε(βαστῷ) Γερ(μανικῷ) Δα(κικῷ)
Translation to Emperor Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹ(Ϲ)ΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ὀδησσείτων
Translation of the Odessians
Reverse design Apollo seated left, holding branch in right hand and lyre in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.43 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 2228–9
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note The obv. Legend of /5 seems to end ΚΑΙϹΑΡ?

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 903 (ex Pellerin) Mélange 2, 56 and XXVI, 14
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Plovdiv
4 4     St Petersburg reverse illustrated in AMNG, Taf. XIV, 33
5 5     Asta Finarte 995, Fontana coll., 26 Nov. 1996, lot 867
6 6     ✸ Naumann Auction 55, 2 July 2017, lot 427 = Roma E-Sale 80, 4 Feb. 2021, lot 739