RPC III, 4620

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4620
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
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 ΙΕ
Edition (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation of year 15
Reverse design Nemesis, winged, standing facing, head right, raising leg and resting hand on wheel; before, at feet, prostrate figure
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.78 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Dattari described the figure as ‘Tyche (Fortuna?)’; but see year 13 (the problem of 4414.2). He also says the figure is standing on a thunderbolt, and that it is a ‘testa di Zeus?’ at her feet. It looks more like a prostrate body?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.55518
2 2     D1060 = Kolner Munzkabinett 60, 1994, lot 501 (Figari - Mosconi 181)
3 3     ✸ Astarte 23, 28 Oct. 2024, lot 308 = Astarte XXIII, 28–29 Oct. 2024, lot 308 = Staffieri = D 1062