laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription
L ΙΓ
Edition
(ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation
of year 13
Reverse design
Hades, holding sceptre, and Persephone in quadriga, right; to right, Hermes standing, right, head left, holding caduceus, and stretching out hand; below, scattered poppies, kalathos and ears of corn
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
34 mm
Average weight
24.63 g
Specimens
2 (1 in the core collections)
Note
For the design, see J. Milne, JEA 37 (1951), p. 100. A similar design occurs on Alexandrian coins of Antoninus Pius in his year 5: DS 8851, O1728d, K1410: see http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/13960/ (accessed 3 January 2009). The London and Dattari coins are from different reverse dies
D1018 = Naville Numismatics 67, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 194
34.4
19.55
‘Hades in quadriga a d.; tiene sul braccio s. Persephone svenuta, mentre che con la d. batte i cavalli con la frustra, e tiene le redine. Hermes correndo a d. tira I cavalli in atto di farli avanzare.’