RPC III, 4255


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4255
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, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΑ
Reverse design	serpent (Uraeus) erect, right, enfolding torch and ear of corn
Metal	copper-based alloy
Specimens	1 (1 in the core collections)
Note	Perhaps also DS7355 (see introduction to year 1).

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			G: 247	SNG 3944				described as year 14. But the date could be 11, and the coin would make better sense here, with the obverse bust and the parallel with the Agathodaemon coins, which face both left and right. Many thanks to Keith Emmett (in litt.) for this observation	Show