RPC III, 4630.2

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4630.2
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 temple (classical) with two columns enclosing Sarapis standing, left, holding sceptre; to left, altar; (to left, Cerberus)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1845,1217.112 BMC 538
2 2     P: 1300 SNG 1143
3 3     B
4 4     A: Dem 1041
5 5     Cologne Geissen 591
6 6     DS7268 = Kunst und Munzen XXII, 1981, lot 289 = Giessener 100, 1999, lot 486 (Figari - Mosconi 194)
7 7     Rafiah hoard
8 8     Schulze Collection
9 9     CNG EA 501, 6 Oct. 2021, lot 225