RPC III, 4317.2

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4317.2
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 Nymphaeum, surmounted by eagle, with four columns, enclosing figure of Zeus (?) standing facing in centre and two other figures; below three waterspouts
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.09 g
Axis 1
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.126 BMC 546
2 2     D1101
3 3     DS7224 = Naville Auction 33, 16 July 2017, lot 203
4 4     Emporium 59 (2008) lot 405
5 5     ✸ P: 1254 SNG 1067