RPC III, 4814.2

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4814.2
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 laureate half-length bust of Trajan, right, with cuirass and aegis
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and sceptre; to left, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.49 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note On BMC 403, D1063 and Staffieri ex Vecchi (same obv. die) the cuirass is decorated with a small figure of the Emperor galloping r. with spear.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.150 BMC 403
2 2     NY: 1944.100.55619
3 3     D1063 = Lanz 32, 1985, lot 501 (Figari - Mosconi 182)
4 4     ✸ Staffieri = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 54