RPC III, 4140

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4140
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L Δ = year 4
Dating AD 100/1
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 Δ
Edition ἔτους δʹ (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos and taenia, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Christiansen, RCA p. 136, cites further specimens in Naples (9676) and Osnabruck.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1217 SNG 1028
2 2     NY: 1944.100.56232
3 3     Milan SNG 889
4 4     CNG 185 (2008) lot 221