RPC III, 3137

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3137
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Orfitasius Aufidius Umber (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Issue Year 6
Dating AD 103/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΟΥΜΒΡΟΥ ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition ἐπὶ Οὐμβροῦ ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation under Umber, of year 6
Reverse design Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.23 g
Axis 12
Reference S —; Marthaler —; Stumpf 575, Ganschow 151a
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 5: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: (New College)
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.3542 Hirsch 123, 1981, lot 2359
4 4     Brussels: 2004.6.3543
5 5     Henseler 242 (ex Schulten, 1-3 Apr. 1987, lot 599) (= Weiser, p. 11, Abb. 3) = Stumpf 576 = Ganschow 151b