RPC III, 3004

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3004
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Cos VI, Trajan not yet optimus
Dating AD 112–14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατ(ος) ϛ'
Translation tribune of the people, consul for the sixth time
Reverse design female bust (Artemis ?) in chiton, holding spear in right hand and patera in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.68 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference S 196, Metcalf Hoard 314–33 and Pl. 17–18, Metcalf Conspectus 64c, Ganschow 131c
Specimens 27 (20 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 69 (and Pl. IX, 18: rev.)
2 2     L BMC 70
3 3     C SNG 5435
4 4     Amsterdam: S 2780
5 5     V: GR 36825
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     NY: 1983.900.175 Metcalf Hoard 316
9 9     NY: 1983.900.176 Metcalf Hoard 315
10 10     NY: 1983.900.177 Metcalf Hoard 317
11 11     NY: 1983.900.187 Metcalf Hoard 328
12 12     NY: 1983.900.189 Metcalf Hoard 332
13 13     NY: 1983.900.190 Metcalf Hoard 331
14 14     NY: 1983.900.191 Metcalf Hoard 332
15 15     NY: 1984.44.1
16 16     NY: 1985.39.135 Metcalf Hoard 319
17 17     NY: 1985.39.136 Metcalf Hoard 320
18 18     NY: 1985.39.139 Metcalf Hoard 323
19 19     NY: 1985.39.140 Metcalf Hoard 327
20 20     NY: 1985.39.141 Metcalf Hoard 322
21 21     NY: 0000.999.25282
22 22     Müller 34–35, 24–26 Sept. 1981, lot 212
23 23     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2098
24 24     Kassel Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Kassel, 6.78 ( = P. Gercke and B. Hamborg, Antike Münzen. Katalog der Sammlung und der Leihgaben [Melsungen, 1985], no 89)
25 25     Henseler 221 (ex Hirsch 153, 18 Feb. 1987, lot 351)
26 26     Winterthur: G 4824
27 27     Boston: 63.89