RPC III, 4424

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4424
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 head of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder (?)
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Edition ἔτους ιγʹ (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design Sarapis (?) standing facing, head left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, ram; to right altar (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.11 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note To judge from the position of DS 7189-7190 on DS pl. 53, Dattari may have thought the figure was Zeus; but he seems to have something on his head; and a ram occurs with Sarapis in this year. On the other hand, the coins come at the end of the series depicting Zeus, and the next one is a Harpocrates, out of place (and a ram would suit Harpocrates). So Dattari’s view remains uncertain. Emmett 618 calls DS7190 ‘Zeus Ammon Standing l., holds Sceptre, Jackal’.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     DS7189 = Naville 48, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 231
2 2     ✸ DS7190 = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 301