RPC III, 1080A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1080A
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Magistrate Nike (goddess as honorary official for the fourth time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Γ Δ (?)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νερ(ούας) Τραϊανὸς Καὶσαρ Γ(ερμανικὸς) Δ(ᾰκικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Trajan, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription (ΕΠΙ) ΝΕΙΚΗϹ ΤΟ Δ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙ(Ω)Ν
Edition ἐπὶ Nείκης τὸ δʹ Βυζαντίων
Translation under Nike for the fourth time, of the Byzantines
Reverse design star and crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.16 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The reading of the last few letters is uncertain. Alternatively they might be ΔΑΚ
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ T. Buggey coll., ex Numismatik Naumann 49, 7 Jan. 2017, lot 347