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
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 seated, left, to left, Demeter standing, right, holding torch; to right, Tyche (?) standing, left, holding cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	16.81 g
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.

#	Specimen	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