RPC III, 4818

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4818
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IZ = year 17
Dating AD 113/14
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan (?), right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Reverse design elephant (?) standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
Note All these coins seem to depict the same animal, variously described as an elephant (BMC 493), a hippopotamus (K655 = Emmett 708 = KG 27.576, P1205), a gazelle (D1208 = Emmett 704) or a rhinoceros (BMC 500 = Emmett 719 = KG 27.575, P1206, NY 1944.100.56327); an elephant seems the most likely.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 493
2 2     L: 1862,0614.154 BMC 500
3 3     P: 1603 SNG 1205
4 4     NY: 1944.100.56326
5 5     NY: 1944.100.56327
6 6     Cologne Geissen 655
7 7     D1208
8 8     Elsen 105 (2010) lot 341
9 9     V: GR 129973
10 10     Yale: 2005.6.277
11 11     Naville 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 295
12 12     Agora Auctions Numismatic 74 (Buggey), 5 June 2018, lot 176
13 13     CNG 109, 12 Sept. 2018, lot 443
14 14     Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 986
15 15     Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 252
16 16     ✸ Private coll. OTH (ex Sol IV, 4 June 2022, lot 102)
17 17     Sol IV, 4 June 2022, lot 103