RPC III, 4705.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4705.1
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IϚ = year 16
Dating AD 112/13
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹƐΒ ΓƐΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ (?)
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design half-length nude bust of Trajan, wreath with ears of corn r., with drapery on l. shoulder (?)
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Reverse design Ares standing, r., holding parazonium and spear; to r., Athena standing facing, head l., holding shield and spear
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note A variant on DS6967-6978: Ares holds spear and parazonium.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR32956 M 677
2 2     DS6968 = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 318