RPC III, 4907.2

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4907.2
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
Nominative Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Reverse design Nilus reclining on hippopotamus, left, holding reed and cornucopia (with genius) (and nilometer)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.2370 BMC 474
2 2     L: 1845,1217.90 BMC 475
3 3     NY: 1944.100.55671
4 4     O: HCR33015 M 768
5 5     A: ΔΚ71
6 6     D995 (no nilometer) = Naville Numismatics 80, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 429
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, lot 719