RPC III, 4226.1


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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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
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation	Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	radiate head of Trajan, left
Reverse inscription	L ΙΑ
Edition	ἔτους ιαʹ (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation	of year 11
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
Average weight	28.71 g
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.

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.56254		33	28.71	12	ex Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936) lot 233. The date is clear	Show
2	2 ✸	A: Dem 1020		33.7			this coin is on the ticket for A Dem 1020, which is supposed to be Emperor in elephant quadriga of year 14	Show
3	3		Staffieri				NAC 42 (2013), p. 126 no. 4a	Show