RPC III, 4313.3


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4313.3 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	III
Number	4313.3
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L IB = year 12
Dating	AD 108/9
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ (?)
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate half-length nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on, left, shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΒ
Reverse design	Nilus reclining on crocodile, left, holding cornucopia (from which issues Genius holding wreath) and reed; above, ΙϚ
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				DS7122 = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 300	35.3	23.67		half-length bust and date are clear; obverse inscription is not fully clear but the spacing suggests this variant inscription. See also Emperor in quadriga, Hermanubis, and Nilus in biga	Show