RPC III, 4894.3

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4894.3
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IΘ = year 19
Dating AD 115/16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ (ΠΑΡ?)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἀρί(στος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ὸς) Παρ(θικός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Best Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design laureate nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Edition (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design Ares holding parazonium and spear standing, right; to right, Athena standing, left, holding shield and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.01 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     NY
3 3     NY: 1944.100.55663
4 4     Amsterdam
5 5     ✸ DS6964 = Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 222
6 6     DS6965 = Kunst und Munzen XXII, 1981, lot 284 (Figari - Mosconi 128)