RPC III, 4865

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4865
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IH = year 18
Dating AD 114/15
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design Euthenia reclining on sphinx, left, holding ears of corn; (otos flowers in exergue)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note Lotos flowers added (specimen no. 4)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 24211
2 2     Curtis
3 3     MünzZentrum 52 (1984) lot 453
4 4     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Auction 73, 14–15 Nov. 2017, lot 125
5 5     T. Buggey coll.
6 6     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2092
7 7     Nomos obolos 23, 12 June 2022, lot 23
8 8     Boston: 1985.1292