RPC III, 4954

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4954
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστος Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικὸς Παρθικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἄρι(στος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ὸς) Παρ(θικός)
Translation Emperor Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design laureate nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition ἔτους κʹ (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design temple (classical) with four columns enclosing Sarapis seated, left, holding sceptre; to left, Cerberus; to left, Demeter standing right, holding torch; to right, Tyche (?) standing, left, holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.88 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The same design perhaps also occurs in years 12 and 13. See the discussion under year 12 for the identity of the figure on the r.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.56208
2 2     A: 129/249
3 3     ✸ D1154 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 332