RPC III, 4862.1

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4862.1
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IH = year 18
Dating AD 114/15
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστος Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἄρι(στος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan), laureate-headed, in military dress, standing, left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, altar; to right, Nike advancing, left, raising arm and holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.16 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu
2 2     NY
3 3     Amsterdam
4 4     ✸ Cologne Geissen 673
5 5     D791 = Heidelberger 20, 1997, lot 235 (Figari - Mosconi 127)
6 6     Naville Numismatics 89, 12 May 2024, lot 318 = DS6951 = Naville Numismatics 67, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 200
7 7     Astarte XXIII, 28–29 Oct. 2024, lot 319 = Staffieri = Heidelberger Münzhandlung 20, 1997, lot 235