Æ25 Mysia Apollonia ad Rhyndacum Nerva & Trajan Rv Apollo Lyre 13.84 grams 25mm

Description

RARE !
Æ25 Mysia
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Nerva & Trajan
C/M  TKC
Rv Apollo Playing Lyre
13.84 grams 25mm
Obv. ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡΒΑΣ
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣ ΝΕΡ
Laureate bust of
Emperor
Nerva facing right
Laureate bust of Trajan facing left
T K C countermark in incuse rectangle
Rv.
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΡV
Apollo standing facing head left playing lyre
A very interesting (and rare !) bronze coin which appears to show both Nerva and Trajan as emperor
While some attribute this as a "divus" Nerva the legend gives both men the same designation as autocrat (AYT)
and both men appear laureate
The countermark TKC is generally understood as reading
Τραιανος Kαισαρ Σεβαστος
and to have been added following the death of Emperor Nerva
RPC III 1595
C/M Howgego 566