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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
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
Average weight 21.44 g
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

# Specimen 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