RPC III, 3508

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3508
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tetradrachms; ‘Alexandria style’; Year 1
Dating AD 98
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΚΑΙΣ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊα(νὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Caesar Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with small aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΤΟΥΣ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Α
Edition ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ αʹ
Translation of the new sacred year 1
Reverse design eagle standing right, wings spread, on thunderbolt; at right palm
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.13 g
Axis 12
Reference Prieur 151; McAlee 424
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same obv. die.
Note [3 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ M. Prieur coll. = Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 7, 27–29 Apr. 1984, lot 841 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 587
2 2     McAlee coll. (ex NFA XXXI, 18 Mar. 1993, lot 589) ( = McAlee 424/2)
3 3     Cl. Platt, V. Luneau coll., 26–28 June 1922, lot 308
4 4     GM 96, 7 June 1999, lot 379 (ex Sternberg XXVI, 16 Nov. 1992, lot 314; Sternberg FPL 7, Aug. 1995, lot 166; Elsen 44, 27 Apr. 1996, lot 709) ( = McAlee 424/1)