RPC III, 4315

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4315
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, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Reverse design Nilus in biga of hippopotami, right, holding reeds and cornucopia; (to right, Hermanubis standing right, holding palm-branch and raising arm) (below, lotus flowers, or 4 genii)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note For the same design, see also BMC 476 (‘date effaced’).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D1003 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 194
2 2     D1004
3 3     D1005
4 4     D1006
5 5     ✸ Matthijs