Metropolis (AD 98-117) AE 22 - Trajan

Trajan, 98-117 AD. AE22 (6.23g). Laureate head right; c/m: Î”AK / Cybele seated left, holding patera; IÎ©NIA. Nice VF, dark gray patina.

The Î”AK counterstamp is almost always found applied to the end of the obverse legend. It presumably was applied shortly after Trajan's assumption of the title Dacicus in late 102 AD. This is one of the few issues in the provincial series that actually spells out the name of the Province, in this case Ionia.

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Filename:	11~0.jpg
City/Mint name:	Metropolis
Keywords:	roman / bronze
References:	BMC Ionia -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG MÃ¼nchen 664 (same obverse die); for countermark: Howgego 530
Valuation:	Auction 269 (9/2011), lot 99 ($110 + comm)
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Filesize:	63 KiB
Date added:	Jan 08, 2013
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