RPC III, 4909

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4909
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 Nilus seated, left, resting arm on sphinx and holding reed and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 16.21 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.56340
2 2     Lucernae Numismatics VIGESIMO PRIMERA XXI, 21 July 2024, lot 124