RPC III, 4286

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4286
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
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription [ΑΘΗΝΑ] ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ, L ΙΒ
Reverse design Athena, standing facing, head right, holding out ears of corn and with spear on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The design occurs on the smaller 27 mm denomination in year 11, and again on the 33 mm denomination later in the reign, but never with an inscription.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cairo 2742–5