RPC III, 1491

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1491
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Gnaeus Pedanius Fuscus Salinator (proconsul)
Dating AD 98/102
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕ(Ρ)
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΦΟΥϹΚΟΥ ΚΥΖΙ
Reverse design Hero Kyzicos naked standing facing, head left, resting on sceptre with his right hand, left hand on his hip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 7, 12
Reference Stumpf 534–6
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1944,0425.210 Stumpf, Taf. XVI, 11
2 2     P: 304 SNG 636
3 3     Cop SNG 103
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     B: Rauch Stumpf, Taf. XVI, 12
6 6     ✸ Tiber Numismatics and Auctions 3, Plankenhorn coll., 10 Dec. 2023, lot 1 (ex MM Deutschland 15, Righetti 4, 21–22 Oct. 2004, lot 498) = Tiber Numismatics and Auctions 4, 10 Mar. 2024, lot 239
7 7     A: BG NP 1593
8 8     Kairos Numismatik Auction 3, 24 Feb. 2018, lot 384 = Kairos Numismatik 4, 28 Apr. 2018, lot 412
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CGT coll. (ex Pecunem 34, 9 Aug. 2015, lot 577)