RPC III, 3046

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3046
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Trajan optimus, not yet Parthicus
Dating AD 114–16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝω ΑΡΙϹΤω ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus 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 208–9, Metcalf Hoard 499–506 and Pl. 27, Metcalf Conspectus 76a, Ganschow 139a
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1128 SNG vA 6407
2 2     P: 378
3 3     Amsterdam: S 2793
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     NY: 1985.39.162 Metcalf Hoard 499
7 7     NY: 1985.39.163 Metcalf hoard 504
8 8     Henseler 233 (ex Schulten, 18 Oct. 1989, lot 524)
9 9     Müller 57, 27–28 Feb. 1988, lot 142
10 10     ✸ CNG EA 71, 20 Aug. 2003, lot 35
11 11     Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 886