RPC III, 2924

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2924
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Orfitasius Aufidius Umber (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Issue Year 38 (ΛΗ)
Dating AD 101/2
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤΟΚ] ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕ[ΡΜ]
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 ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΛΗ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΦΙ ΟΥΜΒΕΡΟϹ ΠΡΕϹΒΕΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙϹΤΡΑ ΤΟΥ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ
Edition Νεοκαισαρείας ἔτους ληʹ ἐπὶ Αὐφι(δίου) Οὐμβέρος πρεσβευ(τοῦ) καὶ ἀντιστρα(τήγου) τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ
Translation of Neocaesarea, of year 38, under Aufidius Umber, presbeutes and antistrategos of the Augustus
Reverse design in six lines in centre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.97 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference Rec —; Çizmeli 5 corr.
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 2922/1–2, 2923/1.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Tokat 85.17.1.23726 ( = Amandry et alii, p. 95 = Çizmeli pl. I, 5)
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 118, 14–15 Oct. 2002, lot 1711
3 3     Trade July 2021