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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Sarapis in facing Triton-biga, raising hand to eagle carrying a canopus (of Osiris ?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.38 g
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