RPC III, 4290.1

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4290.1
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 L ΙΒ
Reverse design Dioscuri (nude) standing facing, holding parazonia and spears; between, Selene (?), wearing crescent, standing facing, holding torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 4290.2/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 971-R