RPC III, 4342

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4342
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, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Uncertain figure standing, right holding sceptre and stretching out hand; to right, female figure standing, left, holding sceptre; between, dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The figure on the left appears to be bearded and so male, unless (as seems possible) the ‘beard’ is damage to the coin; the figure seems to have a crown of corn ears? The identity of the female figure on the right is uncertain. A similar design is found for year 15 (4619.1), and on 4944.1, apparently of year 20 (identified by Geissen as Isis Pharia and Euthenia (?): the figure on the left on the coin of year 15 and K713 looks female and has the characteristically billowing drapery of Isis Pharia. Emmett (in litt.) suggests the object between the figures might be a curved snake?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: Dem 983A