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
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΔ
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS7272 = Kolner Munzkabinett 56, 1992, lot 474 (Figari - Mosconi 195)