RPC III, 25

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 25
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 bust of Trajan, with paludamentum on left shoulder, viewed from front, left
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤΩΝ
Reverse design nymph turreted and draped, standing right, her right hand on her waist, holding infant Zeus on her left arm; at her feet, cornucopia, to left and eagle, to right, looking left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Reference Sv 74
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend anticlockwise starting at 12

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1898,0503.31
2 2     O: Cameron 1948
3 3     ✸ P: 674 Sv pl. XXXIV, 12: rev.
4 4     A: 53/4604β
5 5     V: GR 14472
6 6     Florence