RPC III, 4611

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4611
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IE = year 15
Dating AD 111/12
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 ΙΕ
Reverse design Euthenia reclining on sphinx, left, holding cornucopia and reed; below, lotus flowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Τhe engraver has (presumably mistakenly) given Euthenia the attributes of Nilus.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Brussels: 404