RPC III, 4575

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4575
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IE = year 15
Dating AD 111/12
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΕ
Edition (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation of year 15
Reverse design draped bust of Alexandria wearing cap in form of elephant’s head, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.11 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.338 BMC 384
2 2     P: 1296 SNG 1129
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     NY
6 6     NY
7 7     O: HCR25805 M 633
8 8     A: Dem 1026
9 9     Amsterdam
10 10     Brussels: 397
11 11     Cologne Geissen 573
12 12     D646
14 14     DS6855 = Kress 153, 1971, lot 445 (Figari - Mosconi 102)
15 15     DS6855a
16 16     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 171