RPC III, 4131

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Reverse design Nilus reclining on, hippopotamus, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
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.

Specimens of this coin type

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