RPC III, 4270

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4270
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 Rhinoceros (?) standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.31 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Dattari says ‘Sopra, LIB’ (followed by Emmett 686 = KG 27.216); but the date is in the exergue and hard to read. Year 11 seems the characteristic year for the left-facing heads on this denomination, so it has tentatively been attributed here. Confirmation required.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D1231 = Naville 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 351