RPC III, 3049

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3049
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
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτορι) Καίσ(αρι) Νερ(ούᾳ) Τραϊανῷ Ἀριστῷ Σεβ(αστῷ) Γερμ(ανικῷ) Δακ(ικῷ)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan, the best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate, cuirassed and draped bust of Trajan, right, seen from front
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 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
Average weight 6.08 g
Axis 7
Reference S —, Metcalf Conspectus —, Ganschow 139d
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.59434
2 2     B: Löbb.