RPC III, 4318.2

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4318.2
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
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design uncertain laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Reverse design Poseidon in hippocamp biga, right, raising arm and holding trident; below, waves
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps also DS7156, 7156[bis], BMC 406: dates illegible. In addition, D936 (‘Isis Pharia in piede a d. sopra biga tirata da hippocampi, tiene vela gonfiata del vento; sotto, acqua con delfini (Data consunta)’) is probably another (worn) specimen.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.55412
2 2     NY: 1944.100.56256
3 3     D7156 = Naville 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 263
4 4     ✸ Naville Auction 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 390 (said to be DS 7156, but it does not seems so), but presumably ex Dattari
5 5     DS7156 (bis) = Naville 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 275
6 6     D1021 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 288