RPC III, 4508


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4508 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	III
Number	4508
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L IΔ = year 14
Dating	AD 110/11
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 ΙΔ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation	of year 14
Reverse design	Demeter holding torch standing, left, holding ears of corn over jug and torch; (to right altar surmounted by griffin)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	21.11 g
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	D832 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 199	34.6	17.06	altar	Show
2 ✸	Naville Numismatics 87, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 373 = DS6980 = Naville Auction 33, 16 July 2017, lot 207 (illustration)	34	25.15	Original comment, now superseded: "no altar: both D coins are poorly preserved and the dates are not visible on the DS rubbings. However, Emmett has sent us a good photo of the rubbing for D832 which does look like year 14".	Show
3	Rafiah hoard	34.5		altar	Show

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