RPC III, 1185

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1185
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Tium
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Dating AD 102/14
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ(Β) ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡ(Μ) ΔΑ(Κ)
Nominative Imperator Nerva Traianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription ΤΕΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Hera wearing long chiton standing right, her right hand resting on sceptre, her left on his hip; she is facing Zeus Syrgastes wearing chiton and himation standing left, holding patera in right hand, left resting on sceptre; at his feet, right, eagle right looking left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 7
Reference SNG vA 933, 7173
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4, 6: same obv. die.
Note In exergue, the letters are undecipherable

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1473 SNG vA 7173
2 2     Amsterdam: S 2578 ex MM FPL 303, Aug. 1969, lot 31
3 3     V: GR 15295
4 4     vA 933
5 5     ✸ Peus 410-411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 675 (ex NumCirc XC, 1, Feb. 1982, lot 319)
6 6     CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 832 (ex Waddell, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 126)
7 7     T. Buggey coll., ex ArtCoins Roma 5, 14 May 2012, lot 544 = Agora Auctions Numismatic 75, 10 July 2018, lot 147
8 8     Boston: 1984.242