RPC III, 4328

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4328
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 temple (Egyptian) with pylons enclosing figure (Isis?) standing, left, holding Canopus; above, eagle; below, steps
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The figure is called ‘female figure (?)’ by BMC (Christiansen) and Isis by Emmett 523.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     DS = Aiello
3 3     ✸ DS7280 = Aiello
4 4     Slocum