RPC III, 4749.2

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4749.2
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 bust of Trajan, right, draped (and bare shoulders)
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Reverse design Sarapis standing, right, holding cornucopia; to right, Homonoia standing, left, extending arm and holding cornucopia; between, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The Gemini sale catalgue says there is a rudder, not an altar, identfying the figure as Tyche, not Homonoia. Confirmation still required.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Frankfurt 302
2 2     ✸ Gemini 13, 6 Apr. 2017 (ex Art Institute of Chicago) lot 389 second coin