RPC III, 3521

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3521
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue ‘Rome’ style; Cos II
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with small aegis
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατ(ος) βʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time
Reverse design eagle standing right, head left, wreath in beak, wings spread, on palm branch right
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.71 g
Reference Wruck 141; Prieur 1492; McAlee 434
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die. 3: same obv. die as 3515/1–2, 3654/2–3. 4: same obv. die as 3512/1–2, 3518/1, 3. 1: same rev. die as 3520/3.
Note 1: AR % 67.4; Cu % 29.6: analysis by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (Butcher and Ponting 1998, p. 324, Table 4, 17). [5 obv. dies, 1 shared with 3512 and 3518 1 shared with 3515.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1910,1004.2
2 2     Prieur coll. (ex CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 838)
3 3     McAlee coll. ( = McAlee 434/1)
4 4     ✸ Triton X, 9 Jan. 2007, lot 617
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 181, 13 Oct. 2009, lot 1878