RPC III, 4337.1


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4337.1
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, draped and cuirassed (?)
Reverse inscription	L ΙΒ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation	of year 12
Reverse design	triumphal arch surmounted by quadriga with statue of Emperor
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	18.94 g
Axis	12
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	The arch had previously appeared on the coinage of Domitian. For a discussion of its significance and location, see introduction to Alexandria, above. As well as year 12 it also occurs in Trajan’s years 13-14, 16 and 20; and in Hadrian’s years 4-8 and 11.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1				Curtis				‘Triumphal arch (x) disc; 4 horse chariot, Nikes & trophies on each side; i.f. LI B’; obv. ‘D2b2’: Curtis’ annotated copy of Milne	Show
2	2 ✸				Private coll.	33	18.94	12	perhaps the Curtis coin	Show