RPC III, 17

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 17
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating c. 115 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΥΓ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ
Nominative Imperator Augustus Traianus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design Emperor in military dress standing left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left resting on spear, crowned by Nike st. to left behind him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Reference Sv 68
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 830 Sv pl. XXXIV, 5: rev.
2 2     B: Fox