RPC III, 3767

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3767
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Seleucia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ (ΔΑΚ)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕωΝ Π(Ε)ΙΕΡΙΑϹ
Reverse design sacred stone of Zeus Kasios with fillet attached within shrine consisting of four pillars supporting a pyramidal roof surmounted by an eagle; Beneath, ZEYC KACIOC; In field, right, A
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference CRS 420/52b
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Butcher’s reference to Hunter 33 (?) is wrong as Hunter 33 = SNG 2724 (large denomination with Α). The Missere specimen was read with A, but it is impossible to check the reading on the photo.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Missere 912
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     B: 18261109, Löbb.
4 4     ✸ Richard McAlee coll.