RPC III, 4294.4

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4294.4
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 radiate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan) standing in quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The bust is clearly radiate, and seems also to be draped. The year is not clear on the rubbing in DS but is accepted on D’s authority. A radiate bust is attested for year 11 (Emperor with Athena and Nike = 4226.1), but otherwise not until year 14. So confirmation required.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 6913