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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός 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 (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

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