RPC III, 3835

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3835
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Trajan, Divus Augustus, Divus Nerva
Dating AD 99/102
Obverse inscription IMR (sic) NER TRAIAN CAES AVG GERM P P
Edition Im{r}<p>(erator) Ner(va) Traian(us) Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) Germ(anicus) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription (COL) V (BER) VIII
Edition col(onia) V Ber(ytus) VIII
Translation the Colony of Berytus, (legions) 5 (and) 8
Reverse design two military standards, each surmounted by eagle and two signa
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.81 g
Axis 12
Reference S 552–64, Rouvier 518–19
Specimens 18 (2 in the core collections)
Note S recorded 1 obv. die and 5 rev. dies (one of which is shared with 3836). Beirut excavations = Butcher, Small Change nos. 421-2
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1909,0304.10 BMC 88
2 2     P: Chandon 744
3 3 –17     see S
18 18     ✸ T. Buggey coll., ex CNG EA 308, 7 Aug. 2013, lot 264 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 74, 5 June 2018, lot 150