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Gargara, Trajan, bronze coin — Cybele enthroned left (CN type 12193)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 98–117

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Gargara in Troas under Trajan, dated AD 98–117. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12193 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan, right. Legend: [ ] ΝЄ ΤΡΑΙΑ[ ] ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, holding patera and tympanum; at her feet, lion. Legend: ΓΑΡΓΑΡΕΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 9.95 g (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Babelon, Inventaire sommaire de la Collection Waddington, Paris 1898, nr. 789; Amandry et al., RPC III: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. III: Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (AD 96-138), London:  Paris 2015, p. 190, nr. 1582, pl. 68, pic. 1582; Linked type corpus, RPC III, 1582.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
4
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
3

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Historical context

This coin was produced under Trajan, Roman emperor from 98 to 117 and the second ruler of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, whose reign brought substantial military expansion to the Roman Empire. The issuing authority, Gargara, was an ancient Greek city located on the southern coast of the Troad region in Anatolia.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded mean weight
9.95 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Gargara
Region
Troas
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Trajan

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Trajan, right.
Reverse type
Cybele enthroned left, holding patera and tympanum; at her feet, lion.
Obverse legend
[ ] ΝЄ ΤΡΑΙΑ[ ] ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Reverse legend
ΓΑΡΓΑΡΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12193
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12193

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

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