RPC III, 3657

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3657
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck in Rome for circulation in Syria
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
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 winged caduceus
Metal brass
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.33 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference McAlee 502 corr., Ganschow X27b
Specimens 15 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 6, 8, 10: same obv. die. 9: same obv. die as 3258/1–2 (Tarsus), 3656/43.
Note Die links were noted by McAlee (p. 212, n. 370)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: (Rev. Chester, 1889)
2 2     G SNG 2915
3 3     P: 335
4 4     V: GR 21600
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 2767
6 6     NY: 1944.100.62442 ex R. Ball, Feb. 193 ?, lot 590
7 7     NY: 1961.154.7
8 8     NY: 0000.999.26813
9 9     Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 502 (this coin illustrated at p. 213) = Vecchi 7, 6-7 Oct. 1997, 1254
10 10     McKenna FPL 5, May 1980, lot 69
11 11     B: Rauch
12 12     CGT coll. = VAuctions 273, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 306
13 13     ✸ Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 372
14 14     Sol Numismatik 13 January 2024 Auction XXIII Lot 436
15 15     P: 335a