RPC III, 29

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 29
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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Αὔγ(ουστος) Τραϊανὸς Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακι(κός)
Translation Emperor Augustus Trajan Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, with paludamentum on left shoulder, viewed from front, left
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤωΝ
Edition Κοινόν Κρητῶν
Translation Koinon of the Cretans
Reverse design Dionysus with short chiton standing left, holding cantharus in right hand, left resting on thyrsus; at his feet, panther, left, looking back
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.72 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Sv 78
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend clockwise starting at 6
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 19
2 2     L BMC 20
3 3     C: Leake
5 5     P: 652
6 6     V: GR 14478 (T 205)
7 7     B: Fox
8 8     Harvard: HUAM 1986.382.178 ex Münzhandlung Basel 1, 28 June 1934, lot 715
9 9     CGT coll., ex VCoins Rutten & Wieland
10 10     ✸ Leu EA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1621