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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 25359486, member: 135271&quot;]This is probably my rarest coin. It&#039;s a post-publication addition to RPC Volume III, and an apparently hitherto unlisted type for Trajan. Unlike many rare provincial coins, this one doesn&#039;t just differ in a date, or bust type; it&#039;s a totally different and historically interesting reverse design. At this point, there are only two specimens known - both illustrated on RPC Online:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1622363[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">GALATIA-CAPPADOCIA, NEOCLAUDIOPOLIS</font></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">Time of Trajan</font></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4">AE (26.02mm, 11.44g, 6h)</font></i></p><p><i><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 109/10</i></p></font></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4"><i>Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, seen from rear</i></p></font></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4"><i>Reverse: ΝΕΟΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ, Dacia, bound, seated on rocks right; ΡΙΕ in exergue</i></p></font></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4"><i>References: RPC III 2906A.2 (this coin) This coin illustrated on wildwinds.com</i></p></font></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><font size="4"><i>An interesting and extremely rare type, apparently unknown except for this coin and one other specimen, both cited by RPC Online.</i></p><p></font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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