RPC III, 4540.1

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4540.1
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IΔ = year 14
Dating AD 110/11
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
Reverse design sphinx with crown of disc, horns and feathers, with crocodile emerging from chest, walking, right, on serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     NY
3 3     ✸ O: HCR32932
4 4     D1181 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 197
5 5     DS7293