RPC III, 4314.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4314.1
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) 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, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Reverse design Nilus in biga of hippopotami, left, holding cornucopia (genius, before); above, genius; (to left, ΙϚ)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note The small figure seems to be holding an object in each hand, perhaps a reed. Perhaps a pygmy?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1248 SNG 1066
2 2     D1002 = Naville 51, 21 July 2019, lot 308
3 3     DS7135 = Naville 42, 22 Jul, 2018, lot 304
4 4     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2076