RPC III, 2645

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2645
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Midaeum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΜΙΔΑΕΩΝ ΤΕΜΒΡΙϹ
Reverse design river god Tembris reclining left, holding reed over right shoulder in his right hand, left arm resting on inverted vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference vA, Phryg. II, 731–5
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3, 5: same obv. die as 2645A/1.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2 and Pl. XXXIX, 3
2 2     P: 1728
3 3     ✸ P: 1730 Wa 6338
4 4     Istanbul: 219
5 5     vA 8425
6 6     Formerly Bennett coll. (ex The Fountainhead of Fine Coins 12, 1979, lot 631)