RPC III, 4622.3

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4622.3
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 Nilus reclining on crocodile, left, holding reed and cornucopia; (above, ΙϚ); (lotus flowers in exergue)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.83 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 16 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1853,0210.7 BMC 473
2 2     P: 1303 SNG 1140
3 3     B
4 4     B
5 5     V: GR 24177
6 6     A: 6682
7 7     Amsterdam
8 8     Amsterdam
9 9     Amsterdam
10 10     Amsterdam
11 11     Cologne Geissen 589
12 12     D967 (flowers) = Naville 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 263
13 13     DS (ΙϚ; ?no crocodile);
14 14     DS7010 = Naville 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 268
15 15     DS7108 = Staffieri (Figari - Mosconi 159)
16 16     Trondheim