RPC III, 1637

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1637
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Miletopolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Licinius Balbus (epimeletes)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Νέρουας Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακικός
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Ε(Π)(Ι) ΠΟ(ΠΛΙΟΥ) ΛΙΚ ΒΑΛΒΟΥ ΜΕΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ποπλίου Λικινίου Βάλβου Μειλητοπολειτῶν ἐπὶ Ποπλίου Λικ(ινίου) Βάλβου Μειλητοπολειτῶν
Translation under Publius Licinius Balbus, of the Miletopolitans
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, chlamys over shoulder, holding cantharus in right hand, resting with left on thyrsus; at his feet, left panther, head upraised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.70 g
Axis 12
Reference McClean 7646
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C McClean 7646 = pl. 263.1
2 2     A-KIKPE: FHW IH28
3 3     Opisthodomos 1, 1-2 may 2022, lot 505 (as Philomelium)
4 4     ✸ Olympus Numismatik 19, 15 Jan. 2025, lot 460