RPC III, 3866

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3866
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 227
Dating AD 117
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙΔΟΣ (in double arc r.)
Reverse design Cadmus advancing left on prow, looking back, pointing forward with his extended right hand, holding cloak about his waist with his left; in left field, L ΖΚΣ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 1471, BMC 218, Abou Diwan 1450–515
Specimens 81 (31 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 218
2 2     L BMC 219
3 3     L BMC 220
4 4     L BMC 221
5 5     L BMC 222
6 6     L BMC 223
7 7     G SNG 3343
8 8     P: 1749
9 9     P: 1750
10 10     P: 1751
11 11     P: 1752
12 12     B: 16978
13 13     B: Bonnet
14 14     B: 8162
15 15     B: Löbb.
16 16     B: Löbb.
17 17     B: Löbb.
18 18     B: I-B
19 19     Cop SNG 252
20 20     O
21 21     O
22 22     C SNG Leake 2404
23 23     C SNG Leake 2405
24 24     NY
25 25     NY
26 26     NY
27 27     NY
28 28     NY
29 29     NY
30 30     Dresden: 3088
31 31     Dresden: 1793
32 32     V: GR 22205
33 33 –68     see Abou Diwan
69 69     CNG MBS 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 893
70 70     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 2094
71 71     CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 223 (ex Freeman and Sear 8, 5 Feb. 2003, lot 340)
72 72     T. Buggey coll., ex CNG EA 127, 23 Nov. 2005, lot 224 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 74, 5 June 2018, lot 155
73 73     ✸ CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 238
74 74     Gemini VI, Dr. Stephen Gerson coll., 10 Jan. 2010, lot 675
75 75     CNG EA 247, 12 Jan 2011, lot 247
77 77     Cop SNG 252
78 78     Rouvier ( = Rouvier pl. IX.3). Analysis on BMC 218 10461W
79 79     Freiburg: 12487
80 80     Münster: M 1509
81 81     Leeds-UL: 1310
82 82     Leeds-UL: 1311