RPC III, 4907.2

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4907.2
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IΘ = year 19
Dating AD 115/16
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἀρί(στος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Edition (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design Nilus reclining on hippopotamus, left, holding reed and cornucopia (with genius) (and nilometer)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 17.74 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.2370 BMC 474
2 2     L: 1845,1217.90 BMC 475
3 3     NY: 1944.100.55671
4 4     O: HCR33015 M 768
5 5     A: ΔΚ71
6 6     D995 (no nilometer) = Naville Numismatics 80, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 429
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, lot 719