RPC III, 4298.2

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4298.2
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IB = year 12
Dating AD 108/9
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, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan) standing in centaur biga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and raising arm; each centaur holds a Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.72 g
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amsterdam
2 2     Amsterdam
3 3     ✸ DS (top r. on pl. 29) = Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 364
4 4     Naville Auction 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 391, ex DS6904
5 5     L: TOW.616 BMC 507 (?)