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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
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
Average weight 19.86 g
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