RPC III, 2256

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2256
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Attuda
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Menippos (son of the City)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΙΑ ΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥ ΥΙΟΥ ΠΟΛΕΟϹ ΑΤΤΟΥΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design Cybele, wearing long chiton and kalathos, standing facing, between two lions on whose heads she places her extended hands
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 27
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 27
2 2     ✸ P: 369 (28) Wa 2266