RPC III, 4285

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4285
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IB = year 12
Dating AD 108/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition 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 ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Alexandria (?) seated, left, holding Nike and vexillum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.91 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note A vexillum is usually held by Alexandria, and one can perhaps discern an elephant’s head-dress on her head. The figure seems female and is clothed (so, therefore, not Zeus). Confirmation required.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     DS6954 = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 312
2 2     ✸ Naville Numismatics 85, 19 Nov. 2023, lot 265