RPC III, 4425


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4425
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L ΙΓ = year 13
Dating	AD 109/10
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar 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	Sarapis (?) standing facing, holding patera; to left, altar; to right eagle on column; above two pairs of crossed shields
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Average weight	23.25 g
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			B: Fox	Hobler sale, lot 344	33			read as year 11 by Vogt II, p. 27; cf. I, p. 75: ‘Sarapis zwischen Trophäen stehend’	Show
2	2				D1024 = Naville 36, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 382	36	23.25		D read as year 11. Date is not clear on the rubbing in DS, but is confirmed by the B specimen, which was also given as 11 by Vogt	Show