RPC III, 4256


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4256
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, left, enfolding torch and ear of corn
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	7 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1844,0425.2449	BMC 503	23	8.66			Show
2	2	L: 1860,0327.209	BMC 504		6.62			Show
3	3	P: 1118					Emmett (in litt.) suggests year 11, not 14, as published	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.56246		25	8.02	12	housed with coins of year 11	Show
5	5	A: 35/137						Show
6	6		D1245					Show
7	7		Naville Numismatics 89, 12 May 2024, lot 311 = DS7356 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 328	23.7	9.17		perhaps also DS7358, though the date is not clear. D clearly thought the smaller (11 mm.) DS7357 depicted Uraeus, but nothing is clear on the rubbing in DS	Show