RPC III, 3550

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3550
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tr Pot XVIII Cos VI
Dating AD 113/14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right above eagle standing right; club below head
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΙΗ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) Ἰη' ὕπατ(ος) ϛ'
Translation holding tribunician power for the 18th time, consul 6 times
Reverse design laureate head of Melqart, with lion skin, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.72 g
Axis 6
Reference Wruck 168, Prieur 1518, McAlee 463
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 8: same obv. die. 5–7: same obv. die as 3551/11, 14–15.
Note [5 obv. dies +, 1 shared with 3551]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 19
2 2     L BMC 20
3 3     C McClean 9534 and Pl. 353, 10
4 4     P: 2149B
5 5     NY: 1944.100.63572
6 6     Prieur coll. (ex Hirsch 187, 4 May 1994, lot 726), 14.23 ( = Prieur 1518) = CNG EA 443, 1 May 2019, lot 347
7 7     McAlee coll., 14.34 ( = McAlee 463)
8 8     Amphora 56, 15 Apr. 1994, lot 165 (ex Amphora 44, Winter 1991, lot 246)
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 71, 20 Aug. 2003, lot 119
10 10     Blançon List 65, 2008, lot 950