RPC III, 1039

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1039
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕ ΓΕΡ ΔΑ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σε(βαστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δα(κικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΟΛΥΜΠΟϹ ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Ὀλύμπος Προυσαέων
Translation Olympos, of the Prusans
Reverse design Mount Olympos, bearded and half-naked, lying left, his right hand on his right knee, holding branch in left hand; in front of him, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 23.58 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 13
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1487 Wa 499
2 2     ✸ Amsterdam: GR-05125 Rec pl. XCIX, 11
3 3     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 340