RPC III, 4370


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4370
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	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 ΙΓ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation	of year 13
Reverse design	Athena standing facing, holding ears of corn and resting hand on large shield; to left, large altar surmounted by small Athena; to right, altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	21.43 g
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	D821 suggests the r. altar is surmounted with a horse (‘cavallo?’), but it is not clear on either specimen.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			A: Dem 998bis		33			the coin is not clear and partly broken on the r. side. What looks perhaps like the tail of a peacock falling down from the figure’s outstretched hand is perhaps really part of a garland on the altar? The design does not correspond very well to Feuardent’s description (‘devant, aux pieds de Pallas une chouette; derrière, une colonne surmontée d’une statue’)	Show
2	2				D821 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 275	32.6	21.43			Show