RPC III, 4317.1

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4317.1
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
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 Nymphaeum, surmounted by eagle, with four columns, enclosing figure of Zeus (?) standing facing in centre and two other figures; below three waterspouts
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.61 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Vogt I, p. 76 associated the building (‘Brunnen’) with Dio of Prusa 32.95. A study of the Nymphaeum coins has just been published by G. M. Staffieri, ‘La “Fontana di Traiano” nella monetazione alessandrina’, NACQT 43 (2014).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Astarte 23, 28 Oct. 2024, lot 301 = DS7225 = Staffieri = Kölner Münnzkabinett, April 1998 lot 271 (Figari - Mosconi 186)