RPC III, 4972

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4972
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Uncertain year (only unpublished designs included)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, left, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription [ ]
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan) (?), laureate-headed, in military dress, on horse, right, raising arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The design is known only for year 20, but the left-facing obv. occurs only in years 11-13 and 15. The obv. inscription cannot be read. Emmett (in litt.) points out the similarity to coins of the Diospolis Magna nome, but the obv. seems different.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ MünzZentrum 52 (1984) lot 475