RPC III, 1156A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1156A
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Koinon of Bithynia
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Coinage without ethnic with ΔΙΟС
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕ ΓΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καῖσαρ Σε(βαστὸς) Γε(ρμανικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟϹ
Edition Διός
Translation of Zeus
Reverse design altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.95 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2646/2 (Midaeum).
Note The obv. seems to be the same as a coin of Midaeum (2546/2) suggesting an attribution there.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 53, 7 May 2017, lot 409
2 2     CGT, ex eBay Lanz