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
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	serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, left, crowned with skhent, enfolding caduceus and stalk of corn
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
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1	1	NY: 1944.100.56243		25	8.90	12	date not very clear, but possible; kept with unpublished coins	Show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