RPC III, 4900.2

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4900.2
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IΘ = year 19
Dating AD 115/16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ (ΠΑΡ?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστος Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικὸς Παρθικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἄρι(στος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ὸς) Παρ(θικός)
Translation Emperor Trajan, the 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 (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan), laureate-headed, in military dress, holding patera over altar and sceptre, standing, left, and crowned by Alexandria standing, left, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 16.24 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.55661
2 2     NY: 1944.100.56337
3 3     NY: 1944.100.56341
4 4     ✸ D783 = Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 124, 2025, lot 135