RPC III, 4462

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4462
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design uncertain laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Edition (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design Zeus seated facing, holding sceptre and thunderbolt; to right, Alexandria standing, left, holding wreath and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.57 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note D786 is very worn (see rubbing in DS); the year is almost legible and was read as 13 by Dattari; the identity of the figures is not certain (D786 opted for ‘Imperatore?’ and Demeter; Christiansen, RCA p. 157, suggested Emperor and Alexandria; Emmett 477 has Emperor and Euthenia). The identities of the figures are clarified by the specimen in B, which shows that the seated figure has a naked torso and holds an uncertain object, perhaps a thunderbolt, and a sceptre; the other figure is female and holds a sceptre, while she crowns Zeus with a wreath. See 4701.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     D786 = Naville 49, 12 May 2019, lot 219