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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ
Edition (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation of year 11
Reverse design Apollo standing, left, holding bow (?) and branch; (to left, altar)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.38 g
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