RPC III, 4214

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4214
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IA = year 11
Dating AD 107/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ
Reverse design Apollo standing, left, holding bow (?) and branch; (to left, altar)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note D's ‘arnese’ is perhaps a poorly drawn bow; and the lion-skin looks more like some drapery?

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Amsterdam: S3175
2 2     Berk 65.56
3 3     CNG 12 (1990) lot 12 = KG 27.92
4 4     D796
5 5     D797
6 6     DS Supp 24 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 189