RPC III, 4800.4


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4800.4
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L IZ = year 17
Dating	AD 113/14
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate half-length nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on, left, shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΖ
Reverse design	Helios (radiate) in galloping quadriga, right; above, small object carried by two birds (?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Specimens	5 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1	Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936) lot 283				Show
2	2	Aiello				Show
3	3 ✸	Naville 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 378 = DS6927	33	20.05	DS 6928 has the same design, but the date is not clear. The design also occurs for year 16. Dattari placed all of DS6924-28 at the top of DS pl. 31 implying that he thought the coins depicted the Emperor in quadriga. DS 6929 seems to have a winged figure in a biga r.: presumably Nike, but the date is illegible	Show
4	4	Matthijs 509			date not legible	Show
5	5	Staffieri			ex Kölner Münzkabinett lot 629	Show