RPC III, 4951

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4951
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
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 nude bust of Trajan, wreath with ears of corn, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation Year 20
Reverse design temple (Greco-Egyptian) with two columns enclosing a cart, on which rests a barge, on which rests a square shrine, surmounted by hawks, and enclosing uncertain object(s); to left, a standing figure
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.69 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note See also year 15 = 4632

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR33034 M 815
2 2     Roma Numismatics EA 97, 26 May 2022, lot 691
3 3     D1159 = Astarte 23, 28 Oct. 2024, lot 321