RPC III, 4721.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4721.1
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IϚ = year 16
Dating AD 112/13
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design half-length nude bust of Trajan, wreath with ears of corn right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan), laureate-headed, in military dress, standing, left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, altar; to right, Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.342 BMC 527
2 2     NY: 1944.100.55532
3 3     Cologne Geissen 617
4 4     Amsterdam: S3318