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
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΒ
Reverse design	Zeus seated, left, holding sceptre and thunderbolt; to left, eagle
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
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.