RPC III, 4918

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4918
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L K = year 20
Dating AD 116/17
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design radiate head of Trajan, right, with aegis; star to right
Reverse inscription L Κ
Reverse design Eirene standing, left, holding ears of corn and double cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note The identification of this unusual figure as Eirene is confirmed by the rare variants that spell out its name: see previous entry. But see 4918/4, where the legend seems to have been erased, suggesting the engraver was uncertain.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: D 575 SNG 1251
2 2     NY
3 3     NY
4 4     ✸ D660 = Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 238
5 5     D661
6 6     RD81146
7 7     Roma May 2013 lot 773