RPC III, 4130

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4130
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L B = year 2
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΝΕΡ - ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Νέρουας Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός 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, with aegis
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.70 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note The portrait appears to have an aegis, and be the same die as that used for Syrian tetradrachms of year 2 (AD 98/9): see Butcher, CRS, pp. 83-4 and fig. 21.3; but he did not have access to the DS rubbings which show that D938 also seems to be the same die, though the aegis is not visible.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: G961-R
2 2     Cologne Geissen 441
3 3     D938
4 4     MM Deutschland 14 (2004) lot 761
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 582, 5 Mar. 2025, lot 491