RPC III, 4546

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4546
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 laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
Edition ἔτους ιδʹ (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation of year 14
Reverse design temple (classical) with four columns enclosing statue of Sarapis seated facing, holding uncertain object and sceptre; to left, cerberus; to right, uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The identity of the figure is uncertain. D placed the rubbing at the end of the Sarapis The illustration in the Cologne sale is clear, and allows the identification of the figure as Sarapis
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS7272 = Kolner Munzkabinett 56, 1992, lot 474 (Figari - Mosconi 195)