RPC III, 4321.1

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4321.1
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
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Reverse design Sarapis in Triton-biga standing, right, raising hand and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Dattari and Geissen described it as the Emperor, but the figure is fairly worn. It can be identified as Sarapis in view of the subsequent design (4322), which has the same Triton-biga. The Tritons are blowing conches.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D732 = Naville Numismatics 67, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 191