RPC III, 4219.3

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4219.3
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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, left, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan), laureate-headed, in military dress, galloping, right, holding spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The design occurs in years 12-13 and 15. The coin has been attributed to year 11, as the obv. die seems to be the same as DS6903 (Emperor in centaur biga) and D741 (Emperor in quadriga), which are definitely of year 11. NY 1944.100.56211 similarly has the obv. to l., but uncertain date
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D726 = Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 363