RPC III, 4366

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4366
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L ΙΓ = year 13
Dating AD 109/10
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Edition ἔτους ιγʹ (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn and resting hand on shield; to left, garlanded altar surmounted by bird (?); to right, garlanded altar surmounted by small Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.91 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note She seems to be holding a wing above a bird or a goat?! The ticket in NY compares D820 = 4368, but that is slightly different (column, not altar, to r.).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.55439
2 2     ✸ Matthijs 405A