RPC III, 4180

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 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
Translation of year 9
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

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Aiello