RPC III, 764

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 764
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ(ΚΡΑΤΟΡΙ) ΝΕΡ(ΟΥΑ) ΤΡΑ(ΙΑΝΩ) ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕ(Ρ) 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 ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ὀδησσείτων
Translation of the Odessians
Reverse design horseman (Emperor?) riding right, holding spear in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.49 g
Axis 4, 6
Reference AMNG 2230–1
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note AMNG 2231 describes a specimen in Turin (with horseman galloping, his mantle floating) with the legend ΑΥΤΟ ΝΕΡΟΥΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙ C[Ε ΓΕΡ] on the obverse and ΟΔΗCΙΤΩΝ on the reverse. To be confirmed
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C
2 2     V: GR 27335
3 3     V: GR 34098
4 4     Plovdiv
5 5     L: 2009.4173.65
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     T. Buggey coll. = Agora 79, 20 Nov. 2018, lot 54
8 8     ✸ T. Buggey coll. = Agora 74, 5 June 2018, lot 63 = Roma E-Sale 80, 4 Feb. 2021, lot 740