RPC III, 4808.1

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4808.1
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 ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design half-length nude bust of Trajan, wreath with ears of corn right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Nilus in biga of hippopotami, left, holding reed and cornucopia; below, lotus flowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.97 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: D 733 SNG 1199
2 2     NY: 1944.100.55612
3 3     NY: 1974.26.3100
4 4     ✸ Aiello
5 5     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 178 = CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 723
6 6     DS Supp 96