RPC III, 4395


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4395
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 bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΓ
Reverse design	Harpocrates on sphinx, right, raising finger to lips and holding cornucopia; below, lotus flowers
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
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.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1844,0425.2366	BMC 460	33	28.74			Show
2	2	P: 1269	SNG 1082	34	22.10	12	described by Bakhoum as Harpocrates of Heracleopolis	Show
3	3	C: ex Rogers						Show