RPC III, 4341.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4341.1
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 standing, left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; to left, eagle; to right, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.78 g
Axis 1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note None of the four coins with this design has a certain date. They were struck from two rev dies: K 518 and Amsterdam S3201; Matthijs and Amsterdam. So each rev. die is combined with both a normal-sized bust with aegis and a half-length bust with aegis; the latter is rare and does occur in year 12, but is frequent in years 16-18. That suggests one can rule out year 14 as a candidate for this design, and 12 seems more likely than 16 (preferred by Emmett, in litt.) because it looks to us more like a B than a Ϛ, and since the mixture of obv. busts seems more likely in year 12.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Amsterdam
2 2     Cologne Geissen 518