RPC III, 4758

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4758
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 head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Reverse design eagle standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note The date is clear on the otherwise poor NY specimen. The B coin is housed with year 16 but its date does not seem legible (25 mm., 5.43 g). The A coin, housed with coins of year 6, has the correct obverse inscription for coins of year 16. However its diameter is only 19 mm.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.56314
3 3     A: Dem 958bis
4 4     CGT coll.