RPC III, 4743.1

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4743.1
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 ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate half-length nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on, left, shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Reverse design Nilus in biga of hippopotami standing, left, raising hand and holding cornucopia; in exergue, lotus flowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note There is nothing in Nilus’ outstretched hand, though on similar coins of year 12 he holds out a reed.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     DS Supp 97