RPC III, 4228


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4228
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, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L ΙΑ
Reverse design	Helios, radiate, galloping on horse, right, raising arm and holding sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1				CNG 12 (1990) lot 50 = KG 27.97					Show
2	2 ✸				D910 = Aiello	33			given as year 11 in D, but 14 has been written in on DS. The same design to l. is definitely attested for year 14 (4519), but this seems to be clearly 11, as also the CNG specimen shows. The r. facing coins have a galloping horse, whereas in year 14 the horse is walking l.	Show