RPC III, 4287.2


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4287.2
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	ΒΑΛΑΝΗΟΥ (?), L ΙΒ
Edition	βαλανῆου (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation	of the balaneion, of year 12
Reverse design	Bath building (?) with 4 columns, surmounted by quadriga between two trophies flanked by captives
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	19.66 g
Axis	12
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.56225		34	19.66	12	date not clear, but same rev. die. inscription not legible	Show
2	2		Aiello				date and rev. inscription not clear, but same die	Show
3	3		DS7195	32			illustrated here by the image which Keith Emmett found on the internet and kindly sent to us; the clearer photo suggests that there may be something between the two central columns?	Show
4	4 ✸		Jungfleisch 53	33.2			the sale catalogue read the inscription as POΛANOHΣ(?)	Show