RPC III, 2922

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2922
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Orfitasius Aufidius Umber (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Issue Year 37 (ΛΖ)
Dating AD 100/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΦΙΔΙΟΥ ΟΥΜΒΕΡΟϹ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ, ΕΤΟΥϹ ΛΖ, S C
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐφιδίου Οὔμβερος Νεοκαισαρείας ἔτους λζʹ S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation under Aufidius Umber, of Neocaesarea, of year 37, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 21.16 g
Reference Rec —; Çizmeli 3; Stumpf 574
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2923/1, 2924/1–2.
Note The new specimen acquired by H. Ihl gives the complete reverse legend
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Schulten, 1–3 Apr. 1987, lot 596
2 2     H.I. coll.