RPC III, 2967

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2967
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Nerva
Person (obv.) Nerva (Augustus)
Issue Cos III
Dating AD 97
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ(Τ) ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΥΠΑΤ Γ
Edition Αὐτοκράτ(ωρ) Νέρουας Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς ὕπατ(ος) γʹ
Translation Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus, consul for the third time
Obverse design laureate head of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΧΗ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ
Edition Τύχη Σεβαστοῦ
Translation Fortune of the Augustus
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.75 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference S 142–3, Metcalf Conspectus 39a-b, Ganschow 105a-b
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
Note ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΝΕΡΟΥΑC ΚΑΙCΑΡ CΕΒΑCΤΟC ΥΠΑΤ Γ: 1, 3, 6, 7; ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΝΕΡΟΥΑC ΚΑΙCΑΡ CΕΒΑCΤΟC ΥΠΑΤ Γ: 2, 4, 5
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 41
2 2     O: Walker 1981
3 3     P: 280
4 4     ✸ B: 905/1929
5 5     NY: 1944.100.58091 Metcalf Pl. 53, 39a
6 6     NY: 1944.100.58093 Metcalf Pl. 53, 39b
7 7     Henseler 191
8 8     V. Wishnevsky Collection, ex Kress 190, 1985, lot 1663