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 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
Translation of year 4
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos and laurel wreath, 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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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