RPC III, 4301

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4301
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 head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Galley with oars, left; Sarapis seated facing, head left, holding sceptre; to left, Isis Pharia standing, left; to right, Demeter standing, left, holding torch and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.15 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Regarded as the arrival of Sarapis from Sinope by Poole, BMC p. xciv; but see Vogt p. 75. On the similar temple design for this year Tyche has replaced Isis Pharia: on this exchange see Vogt, ad loc. Another specimen kept under year 12 in B (Reichsbank 1953), but year (and obverse bust) illegible; BMC 549 (‘date effaced’) has an illegible date (the design occurs for years 12-15: it is recorded for year 11 by D1036, but this is not certain: see above). The very worn coin illustrated on DS plate 53 (bottom row, last coin) seems to be another specimen (date illegible).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1888,0403.27 BMC 548
2 2     B: 96/1899
3 3     Cologne Geissen 488
4 4     D1036 ('year 11') = Naville 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 264