RPC III, 4335


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4335
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	uncertain laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	L ΙΒ
Reverse design	temple (classical) with four columns enclosing Sarapis seated, left, to left, Demeter standing, right, holding torch; to right, Tyche (?) standing, left, holding cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	The similar design (without a temple) on 4324.3 does seem to be of year 12: see above. Probably Tyche or, less likely, Homonoia: see above (4324.3). Neither of DS1152-3 is clear. The same temple appears on coins of year 13 and 20.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1	P: 1310 (?)				year uncertain; it could also be from year 13; year 20 seems unlikely as the visible letters and their spacing suggests obv. inscription [ ]- ΓΕΡΜ Δ[ ]	Show
2	2 ✸		D1152 = Naville Numismatics 72, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 315	33.4	16.81	see comments on galley design, above	Show
3	3		D1153			the year of both D coins is uncertain, and D gives only ‘[LI] B?’ and ‘[LI] B’; the illustrations in DS are both labelled only ‘?’: confirmation required	Show