RPC III, 2010

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2010
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΩ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΓΕΡΜΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar divi filius Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription [ ]ΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus naked to waist, standing left, holding eagle ( ?) on his extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left; before him, stands right a turreted Tyche, holding uncertain object in her right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Reference BMC 5 corr.
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2005/7 (Colophon).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 5
2 2     A-KIKPE: FHW Z107
3 3     Naumann 86, 20 Feb. 2020, lot 353