RPC III, 4520

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4520
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 laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
Edition (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
Reverse design Hermes standing, left, holding purse and caduceus; to left, small figure
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.27 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Hermes often holds the infant Dionysus; the small figure may perhaps be a genius (?). The figure is clear on the coin of year 13 (4412.9.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1279 SNG 1108
2 2     ✸ DS7059 = Naville 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 261