RPC III, 2934

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2934
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Zela
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 50 (N)
Dating AD 113/14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καὶσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικός
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, with paludamentum, to right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑ ΑΝΑΕΙΤΙϹ ΖΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ Ν
Edition Θεὰ Ἀναεῖτις Ζηλειτῶν ἔτους νʹ
Translation the goddess Anaïtis, of the Zeleites, of year 50
Reverse design Anahita-Anaïtis seated left, head veiled, wearing a crescent, holding ears of corn in her right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.17 g
Reference Rec 2; Dalaison et alii 1–2
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Sternberg XI, 20–21 Nov. 1981, lot 243
2 2     B: Löbb. Rec pl. suppl. M, 7
3 3     St Petersburg 12217
4 4     Lanz 153, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 441 (ex Lanz146, 25 May 2009, lot 438; Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 679)