RPC III, 4453

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4453
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 temple (classical) with two columns enclosing figure standing, right, holding sceptre and uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note It could be corn ears in her right hand, but the coin is damaged. The object to the left does have something coming out of it like flames (but it looks more like a coiled snake with some corn ears ?), and she has got something on her head which is a bit hard to identify but looks more like a polos than, say an Isis crown (but it is rather lop-sided). So Demeter seems most likely, but not definite.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS7254a = Naville Auction 33, 16 July 2017, lot 205