RPC III, 4246

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4246
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 draped bust of Alexandria wearing cap in form of elephant’s head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note J.G. Milne, JEA 31 (1945), 87-8 (and pl. XIII.5), noted that this is the last bronze diobol to have this reverse design, ending a sequence going back to year 8 of Vespasian.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR34135 M 588a