RPC III, 4256


Image of specimen #1

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
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, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΑ
Edition	ἔτους ιαʹ (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation	of year 11
Reverse design	serpent (Uraeus) erect, left, enfolding torch and ear of corn
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	8.12 g
Axis	12
Specimens	7 (4 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	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