RPC III, 4120

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4120
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L A = year 1
Dating AD 98
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΝΕΡ - ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Νέρ(ουας) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Nilus reclining left, holding cornucopia (from which issues Genius holding wreath) and reed; below, crocodile; above, ΙϚ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.74 g
Axis 2, 11, 12
Specimens 38 (17 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type