CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
- Emperor:
- Trajan
- Denomination:
- AR Tetradrachm
- Composition:
- Silver
- Date:
- 112-113 AD: Year 17, sixth consulship
- Obverse:
- AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK, Laureate head right
- Reverse:
- ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΙZ ΥΠΑΤς, Eagle, head left and wings spread, standing on club, haft right; palm in right field
- Reference:
- Prieur 1506 (Tyre; this coin cited and illustrated); McAlee 441; RPC III 3544/13 (this coin); Wruck 164; Butcher -; cf. BMC Galatia -
- Size:
- 24.76mm, 13.3g, 6h
- Province:
- Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem
- Grade:
- F, toned
- Rarity:
- scarce
- Pedigreed:
- Provenance:
- Pedigreed: Prieur Plate Coin. Ex Banias Hoard, no. 14 (as given by the authors of RPC); from the Michel Prieur Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 449 (31 July 2019), Lot 325
- Information:
- Prieur Plate coin and published in RPC. This coin is published in two standard references: Amandry, M., A. Burnett & J. Mairat. Roman Provincial Coinage III, From Nerva to Hadrian (AD 96–138). (London & Paris, 2015); and Prieur, M. & K. Prieur. The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and their fractions from 57 BC to AD 258. (Lancaster, PA, 2000)
Trajan was one of the greatest Roman Emperors. A former soldier, he expanded the Roman Empire to its largest size in history. A philanthropist who invested in social welfare and public building programs, he is known as the second of the Five Good Emperors.
I, Peter A. Piliouras of Ancient Coin Traders irrevocably guarantee for life to the Purchaser that this ancient coin is authentic. If this coin is deemed not to be authentic by a professional certification service, then I will refund to the Purchaser the full cost of acquiring the coin (including shipping) together with the certification fees.
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Signed: Peter Anthony Piliouras
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