RPC III, 4532

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design uncertain laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
Reverse design Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding vexillum and sceptre; to left, Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D1023 = Naville 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 255