RPC III, 4322

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4322
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, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Reverse design Sarapis in facing Triton-biga, raising hand to eagle carrying a canopus (of Osiris ?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note The figure can be identified from the NY and the CNG coins, which show Sarapis as clearly bearded, and wearing a kalathos

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.56255
2 2    
3 3     D731
4 4     DS12238 = Naville Auction 33, 16 July 2017, lot 204
5 5     DS12239 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 287
6 6     ✸ Emmett = CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 108
7 7     CNG 29 (1994) lot 1006