RPC III, 4938.1

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4938.1
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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 laureate nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Κ
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan) standing in elephant quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1416 SNG 1258
2 2     B: 96/1892
3 3     NY
4 4     A: 82/250
5 5     Amsterdam
6 6     Vat: 272
7 7     D774 = Naville Numismatics 78, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 171 (wrong description)
8 8     ✸ DS Supp 14 = Naville 51, 21 July 2019, lot 321
9 9     DS6941
10 10     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2103