RPC III, 4907.8


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4907.8 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	III
Number	4907.8
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	laureate bust of Trajan, right (?)
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	1, 12
Specimens	5 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 1395	SNG 1236	34	17.64	1	described as `couronnée d'épis, portant l'égide’, but illegible	Show
2	2	NY: 1974.26.3122		34	20.24	12	attributed to year 15, but Θ seems clear	Show
3	3	O: HCR33014			20.69			Show
4	4	O: HCR33012	M 766		19.96			Show
5	5 ✸	O: HCR33013	M 767		13.89			Show