RPC III, 4786.3

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4786.3
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IZ = year 17
Dating AD 113/14
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 ΙΖ
Reverse design Demeter standing, right, holding torch; to right, Euthenia seated, left, holding torch and ears of corn; between, (small figure of Harpocrates (?) and) column surmounted by kalathos on serpents
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 910/1445 (no Harpocrates)
2 2     ✸ Amsterdam
3 3     DS6990 = Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 271
4 4     DS6991 (no Harpocrates) = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 319
5 5     MünzZentrum 23 (1975) lot 312