RPC III, 4051

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4051
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Arabian mint
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Tr Pot Cos V
Dating AD 111
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουα) Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Ε
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατ(ος) εʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the fifth time
Reverse design Arabia standing facing, head left, wearing chiton, peplos and stephane, holding branch in right hand over Arabian camel to left and bundle of cinnamon sticks (?) in left
Metal silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.82 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Syd. 182; Metcalf 2, Ganschow X12b
Specimens 75 (18 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 18, 37: same obv. die. 2, 5, 41: same obv. die. 4, 22: same obv. die. 6, 53: same obv. die. 7, 13, 38, 57, 65: same obv. die. 8–9, 28, 47: same obv. die. 10, 33, 50, 61: same obv. die. 11, 40, 44, 63: same obv. die. 14, 34, 62: same obv. die. 15, 25, 49: same obv. die. 17, 56: same obv. die. 19, 35: same obv. die. 26, 48: same obv. die. 29, 39: same obv. die. 30, 36, 43, 54, 58, 66–7, 69–70: same obv. die. 31, 45: same obv. die. 32, 42, 64: same obv. die.
Note [69 coins, 27 obv. dies
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 61 (under Caesarea)
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1121 SNG vA 6395
3 3     O: (Walker 3356, 1980)
4 4     P: 346
5 5     P: 1965/924
6 6     Amsterdam: S 2746
7 7     Amsterdam: S 2747
8 8     Amsterdam: S 2748
9 9     Amsterdam: S 2749
10 10     Amsterdam: S 2750
11 11     Amsterdam: S 2751
12 12     Amsterdam: S 2752 ex Hamburger 19 Oct. 1925, lot 827 = Glendining 27 Sept. 1962, lot 387
13 13     Amsterdam: S 2753
14 14     Amsterdam: S 2754
15 15     Amsterdam: S 2755
16 16     Not used
17 17     17. A (Eleutheropolis Hoard = Svoronos JIAN 10, 1907, 2336, Pl. 15)
18 18     B: I-B
19 19     NY: 1956.127.2257
20 20     NY: 1956.127.2258
21 21     NY: 1956.127.2259
22 22     NY: 1956.127.2260
23 23     NY: 1956.127.2261
24 24     NY: 1956.127.2262
25 25     NY: 1956.127.2263
26 26     NY: 1956.127.2264
27 27     NY: 1956.127.2265
28 28     NY
29 29     NY: 1944.100.61933 SNG 1153
30 30     NY: 1978.64.255
31 31     Hess, Sydenham coll., 28 Apr. 1936, lot 84
32 32 –33     Dorotheum 424, 28 Sept. 1983, lot 30
33 33     Dorotheum 424, 28 Sept. 1983, lot 31
34 34     NFA XVI, 2 Dec. 1985, lot 416
35 35     Schulten, 20 Oct. 1987, lot 491
36 36     NFA MBS 18 Oct. 1990, lot 2061
37 37     CNA XXI, 26 June 1992, lot 491
38 38     Rauch 48, 6 Apr. 1992, lot 447
39 39     Aufhäuser 9, 7 Oct. 1992, lot 311
40 40     Giessener Münzhandlung 67, 2 May 1994, lot 488
41 41     Giessener Münzhandlung 67, 2 May 1994, lot 489
42 42     Kovacs MBS XIV, 16 Oct. 1998, lot 127
43 43     CNG MBS 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1092
44 44     Lanz 117, 24 Nov. 2003, lot 699 (ex Lanz 36, 21 Apr. 1986, lot 653; Lanz 50, 27 Nov. 1989, lot 621)
45 45     Gorny & Mosch 130, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1894
46 46     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2091 (ex MM List 244, July 1964, lot 32; CGF III, 22 Oct. 1997, lot 134)
47 47     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2092
48 48     Peus 386, 26 Apr. 2006, lot 738 (ex Müller 55, 12–13 June 1987, lot 162)
49 49     CGF XXVI, 22 June 2006, lot 238
50 50     MünzZentrum Rheinland 134, 30 Aug. 2006, lot 374 (ex Rauch Austrophil, June 1969, lot 700)
51 51     ✸ Hirsch 253, 27 Sept. 2007, lot 2541
52 52     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 318
53 53     CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 337
54 54     CNG EA 225, 13 Jan. 2010, lot 296
55 55     CNG EA 250, 23 Feb. 2011, lot 284
56 56     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1059
57 57     Meister and Sonntag 12, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 94 (ex Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1851)
58 58     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 695
59 59     CNG EA 302, 8 May 2013, lot 291
60 60     Auctiones GmbH 16, 19 May 2013, lot 50
61 61     CNG EA 306, 10 July 2013, lot 311
62 62     Künker 236, 7 Oct. 2013, lot 1047 (ex Tkalec and Rauch, 15 Apr. 1984, lot 218)
63 63     Cederlind BBS 171, 7 Oct. 2013, lot 182 (ex BBS 162, 21 Dec. 2011, lot 99; BBS 165, 1 Aug. 2012, lot 152; BBS 168, 26 Feb. 2013, lot 179)
64 64     CNG EA 314, 6 Nov. 2013, lot 293
65 65     CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 275
66 66     CNG EA 317, 18 Dec. 2013, lot 177
67 67     CNG EA 327, 28 May 2014, lot 843
68 68     Gorny & Mosch 225, 14 Oct. 2014, lot 1902
69 69     VCoins Athena c414
70 70     VCoins Ancient Resource PM2251
71 71     Münster: 1071
72 72     Henseler 264 (ex MünzZentrum 48, 1983, lot 145)
73 73     Bonn: P.23.7
74 74     Brisbane: 1739