RPC III, 3018

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3018
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus tribunicia potestate consul VI
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with grotto at bottom containing cult stone, flanked by two pyramidal objects. At top, second grotto, sometimes with the appearance of a flame. Trees on slope of mountain
Metal silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference S 210a, Metcalf Hoard 416–8 and Pl. 23, Metcalf Conspectus 67a, Ganschow 128a
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amsterdam: S 2796
2 2     Amsterdam: S 2797
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     NY: 1944.100.59436
5 5     NY: 1983.159.60 Metcalf Hoard 418
6 6     NY: 1985.39.166 Metcalf Hoard 417
7 7     ✸ Henseler 215 (ex MM FPL 339, Oct. 1972, lot 308; MM Deutschland 1, 16 Sept. 1997, lot 463)
8 8     Freiburg: 12153