RPC III, 1167

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1167
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 102/14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ [ΝΕΡ] ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊανὸς Καὶσ(αρ) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
Translation Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΜΑΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΑΝ
Edition Ἡρακλεωτᾶν ματροπολείταν
Translation of the metropolitan Heracleans
Reverse design helmeted bust of Athena, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.98 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 89
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 7–8: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 45
2 2     V: GR 15517
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     NY: 1944.100.42127
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 104
6 6     Warsaw: 49328
7 7     Spangle coll.
8 8     J. Reid coll.
9 9     T. Buggey coll., ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (Righetti), 21 Oct. 2004, lot 285
10 10     ✸ CGT coll. (ex Naumann 73, 6 Jan. 2019, lot 289)
11 11     Naumann 96, 1 Nov. 2020, lot 312