RPC III, 4761

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4761
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IϚ = year 16
Dating AD 112/13
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Reverse design elephant standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
Note D1202: Dattari described the reading of the date as ‘LS pro LIS’, perhaps plausibly in view of the other pieces of year 16 (he also says it has only ΓΕΡ in the obv. inscription). But see comments under year 6. The rubbing in DS is not very clear. D1202 is preceded by (the smaller) DS7317-7318 on DS pl. 60, but their dates are illegible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: D 1082 SNG 1175
2 2     P: 1335 SNG 1176
3 3     NY
4 4     O: HCR34145
5 5     A: Dem 1064
6 6     Amsterdam
7 7     Cologne Geissen 605
8 8     Cologne Geissen 606
9 9     Aiello
10 10     ✸ D1207
11 11     V: GR 24193
12 12     Freiburg: 12779
13 13     DS 1202 = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 229
14 14     Nomos obolos 23, 12 June 2022, lot 19 (hippopotamus)