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 IΓ = year 13
Dating AD 109/10
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
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
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

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.55439
2 2     ✸ Matthijs 405A