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Æ23 - Trajan ΚΑΛΧΑΔΟΝΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Calchedon (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 98-117 |
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| Weight | 7.13 g |
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| Obverse description | Radiate head of Emperor Trajan facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style typical of Bithynian civic coinage. The radiate crown is visible above the imperial portrait. A circular countermark appears in the left field. The surrounding legend, partially visible on the flan, reads ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒ(Α) ΓΕ Δ, identifying the emperor with his full titulature. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒ(Α) ΓΕ Δ (Translation: Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar the Augustus Germanicus Dacicus) |
| Reverse description | Apollo seated to the right atop a swan in flight, holding a kithara (lyre) in his left arm and plucking its strings. The god is depicted in a graceful, flowing posture characteristic of Hellenistic divine imagery. The ethnic legend ΚΑΛΧΑΔΟΝΙΩΝ is distributed around the field, identifying the issuing city of Chalcedon. The overall composition is typical of autonomous civic bronze coinage from the Bithynian region under the Trajanic period. |
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