TRAJAN (98-117)

Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus 

Roman Province - Arabia Petraea

"Artemis Pergaia" This piece depicts the cult statue of Artemis Pergaia with remarkable detail: the frontal bust of the goddess, wearing a polos and flanked by palm fronds, rests on a two-tiered, decorated pedestal. The distyle aedicula, set upon a pedestal with four steps, is further embellished on its pediment with an eagle with spread wings

Denomination: Tridrachm, Ag

Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder, ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ (Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus)

Reverse:  Cult image of Artemis Pergaia within distyle temple on podium of four steps; in pediment, eagle standing left with wings open, head to right, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Ϛ (tribune of the people, consul for the sixth time)

Mint: Arabia, Bostra? (Rome, for circulation in the East), 112-114 A.D.

Weight: 9,09 g

Diameter: 23mm

Provenance: Leu Numismatik

Referenz : 13.9 RPC III 4069, Sydenham 190 (Cappadocia, Caesarea)

Sammlung : IMPERIUM ROMANUM 03 - Antonine