RPC III, 4266

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4266
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 head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ
Edition ἔτους ιαʹ (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation of year 11
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, holding club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.17 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Emmett 679 distinguishes this from the other coins with Heracles (Emmett 678). But, while Heracles does indeed face in another direction, he still holds the same club and lion-skin.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936) lot 234