RPC III, 4246

 

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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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ
Edition ἔτους ιαʹ (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation of year 11
Reverse design draped bust of Alexandria wearing cap in form of elephant’s head, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.97 g
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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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR34135 M 588a