RPC III, 4333.2

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4333.2
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design uncertain laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition ἔτους ιβʹ (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design temple (classical) with four columns enclosing Sarapis standing, left, with hand over altar and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 24.93 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Christiansen, RCA p. 155, cited specimens in Naples (9683), Vatican and Vienna; but V 24145 seems to be a coin of year 15; if he meant Vatican 323, that also seems to be a coin of year 15.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.114 BMC 534