RPC III, 4112

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4112
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Nerva
Person (obv.) Nerva (Augustus)
Issue L A = year 1
Dating AD 96/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡΟΥΑϹ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription L Α
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing facing, head, left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 19 (14 in the core collections)
Note The tetradrachm in the BM, described by BMC 350 as having a reverse design of Tyche with rudder and cornucopia (= Emmett 366 = KG 26.9), actually depicts Dikaiosyne: the designs are exactly the same except for the rudder which supposedly replaces the scales. However this part of the coin is worn, partly off flan and has a large lump of corrosion, which has mistakenly been interpreted as a rudder. Illustrated by Christiansen, plate 1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1896,1004.53 BMC 2757
2 2     P: 1005
3 3     P: 1006
4 4     P: 1007
5 5     P: 1008
6 6     P: 1009
7 7     B: 96/1899
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     C
10 10     Mu
11 11     NY
12 12     NY
13 13     NY
14 14     ✸ O: HCR25764 M 534
15 15     Brussels: 371
16 16     Brussels: 372
17 17     Cologne Geissen 432
18 18     D631 = Van der Dussen 24, 1995, lot 3808 (Figari - Mosconi 95)
19 19     D632