RPC III, 2097

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2097
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Reverse design statue of Hera Samia, r; to right, peacock, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Schultz, ‘Trajan auf Samos’, p. 182, II, 7–8
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 37629 ex J. Hirsch, Rhousopoulos coll., 15 May 1905, lot 3852
2 2     ✸ B: B-I
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2614