RPC III, 4440

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4440
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 temple with four columns (with canopy roof) enclosing statue of Heracles standing facing, head right, holding club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.26 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps more of a shrine than a temple: the structure does not look like the normal sort of temples on the Alexandrian coinage. A similar shine encloses Isis Thermouthis on one coin, perhaps of year 16: see 4693.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.55464
2 2     ✸ Naville Auction 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 392, ex D1136
3 3     J Gebauer coll., ex CNG EA 589, 18 June 2025, lot 447
4 4     Künker 433, 10 Nov. 2025, lot 6186