RPC III, 4391

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4391
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 bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Edition ἔτους ιγʹ (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design Euthenia reclining on sphinx, right, holding sceptre; her hand on her head; to right, ewer on pedestal
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.22 g
Axis 11
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Dattari attributed 891 to year 10, which is extremely unlikely as there is no certain coinage of this denomination in that year (see discussion of other coins with this design attributed to year 10 in the introduction to year 10). But there is no obvious trace of the date on either of the rubbings, so both D coins are tentatively left here in year 13 (itself a tentative reading of D890 and perhaps also of DS7038, but clear on BMC 484)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.334 BMC 484
2 2     CNG EA 604, 18 Feb. 2026, lot 604 = CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 107
3 3     D891 = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018. lot 263
4 4     DS7039
5 5     Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 12 (2004) (Righetti) lot 497 = KG 27.231