RPC III, 4395

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4395
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 Harpocrates on sphinx, right, raising finger to lips and holding cornucopia; below, lotus flowers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 25.42 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note Probably also D893, given by Dattari to year 14 = Emmett 497 = KG 27.322; but the date is not clear on the rubbing in DS and the design is attested only for year 13.

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