RPC III, 4871.1

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4871.1
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
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design Nilus reclining on hippopotamus, left, holding reed and cornucopia; to left, genius and nilometer
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2775
2 2     NY: 1944.100.55651
3 3     ✸ D993 = Naville 42, 22 Jul, 2018, lot 312