RPC III, 9

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 9
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrenaica
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Cos V
Dating AD 103/11
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Ε
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατ(ος) εʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the fifth time
Reverse design head of Zeus Ammon, right
Metal copper
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.76 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 116 (Caesarea), S 232a, Asolati 178B, Ganschow X23a
Specimens 21 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Caesarea 116
2 2     P: 350
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2886
4 4     Amsterdam: S 2887
5 5     Cop SNG 218
6 6     Hess, Sydenham coll., 28 Apr. 1936, lot 108 (no illustration)
7 7 –16     Cyrene excavations ( = Buttrey 744–53)
17 17     O
18 18     O: Chester 1891
19 19     Cyrene Agora hoard 1934
20 20     ✸ Henseler 276
21 21     Boston: 17.3292