RPC III, 4293.1

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
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