RPC III, 4871.2

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4871.2
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 Nilus reclining on hippopotamus, left, holding reed and cornucopia; to left, genius and nilometer
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.55649
2 2     ✸ V: GR 24212
3 3     A: 1826
4 4     A: 6682/35
5 5     Amsterdam
6 6     Cologne Geissen 677
7 7     Cologne Geissen 678
8 8     D991