RPC III, 4960.2

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4960.2
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 nude bust of Trajan, wreath with ears of corn, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L Κ
Edition ἔτους κʹ (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design Zeus reclining on eagle, left, holding thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.53 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.56205
2 2     D1081 = Naville 49, 12 May 2019, lot 227
3 3     DS7188
4 4     Roma E-sale 53, 7 Feb. 2019, lot 546
5 5     Nomos obolos 23, 12 June 2022, lot 26