RPC III, 4131

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4131
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L B = year 2
Dating AD 98/9
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 Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Nilus reclining on, hippopotamus, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.90 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Although unique (Christiansen, RCA p. 134: ‘I have found no parallel to this coin.’), the reading is clear on the rubbing in DS. In year 1 (if the coins are correctly attributed to that year), one can see lotus flowers in the exergue, but nothing is obvious on the rubbing for D985, and D states ‘senza piante’ for 985.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D985 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 285