RPC III, 4871.3

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4871.3
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 nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
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 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1379 SNG 1224
2 2     B: 128/1881 (but no nilometer?)
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     Cop SNG 268
5 5     ✸ O: HCR32997 M 732