RPC III, 4807.1


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4807.1
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 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 ΙΖ
Reverse design	Nilus reclining on hippopotamus, l., holding reed and cornucopia; to l., genius and nilometer
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	34 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	5 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: D 1096	SNG 1197	33	22.78	12		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.55610		34	17.87	12		Show
3	3	V: GR 24210 (?)					date not clear. Kept with coins of year 18, but as the obv. bust with corn ears is not yet attested for that year, it has been tentatively given to year 17	Show
4	4	Cologne	Geissen 652					Show
5	5		DS 7130 = Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 237	34	10.81		wreath not certain	Show