RPC III, 4832

Province Egypt
City Alexandria 
Region Egypt
Reign Trajan
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Obverse design nude normal sized bust of Trajan, wreath with ears of corn, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan) standing in elephant quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch; above, Nike

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 4832

 

Museum Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France)
Inventory no.
Reference SNG 1219
Diameter 34
Weight
Axis
Note the traces of the date in the exergue are compatible with L IH, but not definite. As with the last coin the smaller bust might suggest an earlier date; but the ears of corn in the wreath indicates a date no earlier than year 16. This seems to suggest that the reversion to smaller busts just slightly anteceded the adoption of Optimus
External URI https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8486983h 
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