RPC III, 4123

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4123
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 serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with skhent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.53 g
Axis 12
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     NY: 1944.100.55330
3 3     ✸ O: HCR34121 M 547
4 4     A: Dem 940
5 5     Cologne Geissen 437
6 6     D1170 = Naville 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 322
7 7     DS7281
8 8     DS7282
9 9     Milan SNG 883
10 10     Yale: 2001.87.5113
11 11     Aycock-Wakefield coll. (ex Sol Numismatik, Auction XLII, May 31ˢᵗ, 2025, lot 396)