RPC III, 1637

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
Nominative Imperator 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
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 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference McClean 7646
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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)