RPC III, 4293.1

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4293.1
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan), laureate-headed, in military dress, galloping right, holding spear; to right soldier standing, left, holding vexillum; behind horse, second soldier
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note D says that there is another soldier behind the Emperor, and this is now confirmed by the new /3. Vogt, p. 77 compared the design with that of Profectio Aug on Roman coins, but they are all later. He took it as an indication of a possible (not actual) imperial visit to Alexandria in 108/9, but there is no other evidence for this. P. Matthijs has pointed out that the coin is a copy of Nero's Decursio type.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     D730
2 2     ✸ Staffieri
3 3     Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 43, 3 Feb. 2018, lot 350