RPC III, 27

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 27
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 Europa on bull, right; below, dolphin, to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Sv 76
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend clockwise starting at 9

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: (Cameron 1948)
2 2     P: 672
3 3     ✸ P: 673
4 4     Bergamo 1862
5 5     N Sv. Pl. XXXIV, 14: rev.
6 6     Milan: Brera 2325 Nicodemi 2740
7 7     B
8 8     Florence