RPC III, 4532

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4532
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 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 ΙΔ
Edition ἔτους ιδʹ (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
Reverse design Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and sceptre; to left, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.37 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Vogt, p. 85, suggests a link between Sarapis and Roman troops in Egypt; cf. the vexillum probably present beside the temple of Sarapis on coins of year 2.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D1023 = Naville 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 255