RPC III, 1164

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1164
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 102/14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ(ΑΡ) ϹΕΒ(Α) ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ(ΙΚ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καὶσαρ Σεβα(στὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΑΝ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματροπολείταν
Translation of the metropolitan Heracleans
Reverse design Heracles, his right knee on ground, fighting the Nemean lion, to right; in exergue, club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.55 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference Rec 91–2
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 631
2 2     P: 632 Rec pl. LVIII, 9
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     V: GR 15538
5 5     NY: 1970.142.274
6 6     CNG MBS 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1072
7 7     ✸ Private coll.