RPC III, 4216

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4216
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IA = year 11
Dating AD 107/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ
Reverse design two Canopi on table between Isis standing, right, holding sceptre and Harpocrates standing, left, raising finger to lips and holding club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The date is not clear on the rubbing in DS for D, but is given in the text as ‘IA’ (sic: no L); the date has been improved (with a pencil?) on the NY coin, but seems plausible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.55375
2 2     D829