RPC III, 3409

 

Image of specimen #29

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3409
Province Cyprus
Region Cyprus
City Koinon of Cyprus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 114–6
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 radiate and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΥΠΡΙΩΝ
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατο(ς) ϛʹ Κοινὸν Κυπρίων
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul 6 times, Koinon of the Cypriots
Reverse design temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, in which conical xoanon
Metal brass
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference BMC 38; Parks 20a
Specimens 32 (16 in the core collections)
Note Atomic absorption spectrophotometry on 1: Cu 79,7% Zn 13,3%

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