RPC III, 4411


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4411
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L ΙΓ = year 13
Dating	AD 109/10
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΓ
Edition	ἔτους ιγʹ (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation	of year 13
Reverse design	kalathos in biga of oxen, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Average weight	19.93 g
Axis	12
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)
Note	These animals are variously described as buffaloes (Bakhoum), oxen (Geissen) and humped oxen (BMC). See Vogt, p. 81. DS7229-7230 have illegible dates. Vogt cited another example in Gotha.

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1862,0614.180	BMC 553	33	23.40		although the date is illegible, the unusual obverse inscription suggests year 13. The obv. is illegible but there do seem traces of a radiate crown, as occurs very occasionally from years 11 onwards	Show
2	2	P: 1084						Show
3	3	Cologne	Geissen 535	37	21.41	12		Show
4	4 ✸		CNG EA 580, 5 Feb. 2025, lot 377	35.5	14.98	12		Show