RPC III, 4122

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4122
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L A = year 1
Dating AD 98
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΝΕΡ - ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Νέρουας Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; below, hippopotamus; in exergue, lotus flowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.69 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The date is clear on RD81183. It also looks plausible on the much better illustration by Kellner: ‘ein schwach sichtbares L A’. A Nilus reclining design for the 27 mm denomination for year 1 is possible, since the same design is attested by a unique coin for year 2 (D985 = 4131). No further specimens listed by Christiansen, RCA p. 133.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1204 SNG 1014
2 2     D984 (date not clear) = Kellner 4.1 (Figari - Mosconi 165)
3 3     RD 81183