RPC III, 2630

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2630
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Cotiaeum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Scapula (proconsul) ; Claudius Varus (archon for the second time)
Dating AD 114
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ Κ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Ἀρίστ(ος) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σε(βαστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan, Best, Caesar Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Μ ϹΚΑΠΛΑ ΑΝΘ ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΚΟΤΙΑΕΩΝ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Σκάπλα ἀνθ(ύπατος) ἐπὶ Κλ(αυδίου) Οὐάρου ἄρχ(οντος) Κοτιαέων
Translation Marcus Scapula proconsul, under Claudius Varus, archon, of the Cotiaeans
Reverse design Heracles naked standing facing, head right, resting with his right hand on club, holding lion skin and infant Telephus on his left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.79 g
Reference BMC 40
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 40
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 60, 12 Mar. 2003, lot 65