RPC III, 4205

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4205
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L I = year 10
Dating AD 106/7
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan (?), right
Reverse inscription L Ι
Edition (ἔτους) ιʹ
Translation of year 10
Reverse design hippopotamus standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Average weight 1.72 g
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Note Described as rhinoceros by Christiansen, RCA, p. 143, who also mentions an example in V. Emmett 701 ex Münz Zentrum 52 (1984) lot 412 is described as an elephant, but looks more like a hippopotamus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.155 BMC 494
2 2     ✸ L: 1849,0717.130 BMC 495
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     C: (Barker)
5 5     D1226
6 6     DS7340