RPC III, 2942

 

Image of specimen #21

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2942
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Nicopolis ad Lycum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 42 (ΜΒ)
Dating AD 112/13
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ ΤΟ ϚΙ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικὸς) τὸ ϛιʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, for 16 (years)
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΕΤΟΥϹ ΜΒ
Edition Νεικοπολεῶς ἔτους μβʹ
Translation of Nicopolis, of year 42
Reverse design Nike advancing, right, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.01 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference KM I, 3/1–2; Rec 6; Dalaison, Nicopolis 12–22
Specimens 25 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1215 ex vA 147
2 2     C: Lewis SNG 1286
3 3     C SNG 4046
4 4     G SNG 1151 = Hunter III, 744, 1 and pl. CII, 34
5 5     Amsterdam: S 2568
6 6     Helsinki SNG 122
7 7     A-KIKPE: FHW 4556
8 8     Warsaw 66067
9 9     B: B-I
10 10     B: Löbb.
11 11     Istanbul 15070
12 12     Boston: 66.930
13 13     Schulten, 19–21 Mar. 1986, lot 289
14 14     G. Hirsch 181, 22–25 Feb. 1994, lot 606
15 15     Lanz 149, 24 June 2010, lot 392
16 16     MünzZentrum 157, 12 Jan. 2011, lot 357
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     R. Effler coll. (ex Zeus Numismatics 7, 10 May 2010, lot 288)
19 19     Naumann 97, 6 Dec. 2020, lot 303
20 20     Lydia Numismatics Online Auction 7, 8 May 2021, lot 527
21 21     ✸ Leu EA 26, 9 July 2023, lot 2175 (ex Bucephalus 6, 12 June 2022, lot 568)
22 22     NBS Web Auction 13, 31 July 2022, lot 487
23 23     Themis 7, 27 June 2020, lot 651
24 24     Nomos Obolos Webauction 30, 17 Dec. 2023, lot 525
25 25     Leu WA 29, 24–26 Feb. 2024, lot 1276