RPC III, 4254


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4254
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	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
Translation	of year 11
Reverse design	serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, left, crowned with skhent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	8.90 g
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	DS7287-7288 also have Agathodaemon, l., but illegible date. 3 added 27.12.17

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.56243		25	8.90	12	date not very clear, but possible; kept with unpublished coins	Show
2	2 ✸		DS7289	23.9				Show
3	3	Alexandria: 3567					described as a tetradrachm, but probably a bronze.	Show