RPC III, 4226.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4226.1
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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 radiate head of Trajan, left
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan) standing, left, laureate-headed, in military dress, holding spear; to left, Athena standing facing, head right, holding shield and spear; to right, Nike standing, left, holding out wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
Note The bust is clearly radiate; there may also be some drapery or an aegis? This is the earliest radiate bust for Trajan on the 33 mm denomination; another example occurs in year 12 (Emperor in quadriga = DS6913 =4294.4), but not otherwise until year 15 (although it occurs on a smaller denomination in year 14. Athena could be interpreted as Roma.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.56254
2 2     ✸ A: Dem 1020
3 3     Staffieri