RPC III, 4180

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4180
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ = year 9
Dating AD 105/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
Edition ἔτους ἐνάτου (ἔτους) ἐνάτου
Translation of the ninth year
Reverse design Demeter (?) standing facing, head left, holding branch (ears of corn?) and sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The identity of the figure is not clear. She is veiled and seems to hold an olive branch as well as a sceptre, but Eirene is not usually shown veiled, when standing (although her bust may be). The branch may perhaps be a poorly rendered bunch of corn ears: Euthenia is another possibility.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Aiello