RPC III, 4867

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4867
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
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 kalathos in biga of winged serpents right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.95 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note The design also occurs to l.,: DS7227-8 (year illegible).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     NY
3 3     Cologne Geissen 676
4 4     CNG EA 268 (2011) lot 254
5 5     ✸ D1107 = Peus 420, 18 Nov. 2017, lot 6608, ex Auktion Kölner Münzkabinett 67, 1997, lot 535 (Figari - Mosconi 187)