RPC III, 4898.3


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4898.3
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?)
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design	draped and laureate bust of Trajan, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L ΙΘ
Reverse design	Elpis holding flower walking, left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Note	New photo for /2 confirms the absence of a rev. Legend, and makes the obv bust clear.
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			NY					date illegible	Show
2	2 ✸				Naville 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 379 = DS Supp 63	34	15.65		no rev. inscription is visible – perhaps ‘leggenda erasa’ (DS Supp). DS7021 (no rev. inscription visible), with obv. without ΠΑΡ, has an uncertain date, although, as I is clear it is likely to be LIH or LIΘ	Show