RPC III, 4844

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4844
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IH = year 18
Dating AD 114/15
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design Canopus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note DS6975-6976 have the same design on the same denomination (otherwise unknown for Trajan), but in both cases the year cannot be read from the rubbings (LI [ ]). But see also note to this denomination for year 14.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 669
2 2     ✸ T. Buggey coll. = Agora Auctions Numismatic 75, 10 July 2018, lot 244
3 3     DS6975 = Naville 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 357