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
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
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
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 (?)