RPC III, 4318.2

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4318.2
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IB = year 12
Dating AD 108/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design uncertain laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition ἔτους ιβʹ (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Poseidon in hippocamp biga, right, raising arm and holding trident; below, waves
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.97 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps also DS7156, 7156[bis], BMC 406: dates illegible. In addition, D936 (‘Isis Pharia in piede a d. sopra biga tirata da hippocampi, tiene vela gonfiata del vento; sotto, acqua con delfini (Data consunta)’) is probably another (worn) specimen.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.55412
2 2     NY: 1944.100.56256
3 3     D7156 = Naville 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 263
4 4     ✸ Naville Auction 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 390 (said to be DS 7156, but it does not seems so), but presumably ex Dattari
5 5     DS7156 (bis) = Naville 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 275
6 6     D1021 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 288