RPC III, 2918

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2918
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Sebastopolis
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Calvisius Ruso Iulius Frontinus (presbeutes)
Issue Year 109 (ΘΡ)
Dating AD 106/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καὶσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακικός
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Π/ Κ ΡΟΥϹΩ/ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟ /ΠΟΛΕω Ϲ/Ε ΘΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Π(oπλίου) Κ(αλβισίου) Ῥούσω(νος) Σεβαστοπόλεως ἔ(τους) θρʹ
Translation under Publius Calvisius Ruso, of Sebastopolis, of year 109
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 18.17 g
Axis 12
Reference Stumpf 579; Amandry-Rémy 1
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die.
Note See also 6555

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1929,1013.522
2 2     NY: 1980.18.1
3 3     Formerly Gotha (ex Mandl coll. in Budapest = B. Pick, NZ 23, 1891, pp. 71–3, no 26 and Taf. III, 7 = Rec pl. XIV, 21)
4 4     Tokat 87.32.15.30116
5 5     Bay Numismatics EA 8, 23 Nov. 2024, lot 335
6 6     ✸ Ancient Numismatics Auctions 16, 24 Nov. 2024, lot 401