RPC III, 4340.1


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4340.1
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, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΒ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation	of year 12
Reverse design	Zeus seated, left, holding sceptre and thunderbolt; to left, eagle
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	21.52 g
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	A specimen in Amsterdam has a tree or branch to r. (date not clear); it has the half length bust, which occurs only rarely in this year, so may be later.