RPC III, 4536

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4536
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, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
Edition (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
Reverse design Sarapis in quadriga, right holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.72 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note J.G. Milne, JEA 31 (1945), p. 88 (and pl. XIII.6), noted that this is the first instance of Sarapis in a quadriga, previously not attested before Hadrian year 17. See also Uncertain year 4979; there is also design of Sarapis with Isis in an elephant quadriga, in year 12: 4323.1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: HCR32934 M 626b