RPC III, 4267

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4267
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 (?), left
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ (?)
Edition ἔτους ιαʹ (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation of year 11
Reverse design kalathos containing poppies and ears of corn; either side, torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.05 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Christiansen, RCA p. 148, cites Karanis 40752. The coin, with its left facing portrait, seems more likely to be a coin of Hadrian, year 21 (see 6245 and 6247. the type is not otherwise known for Trajan.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     D1102 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 224
2 2     ✸ T.Buggey coll.