RPC III, 4562


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4562
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 head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	L ΙΔ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation	of year 14
Reverse design	Harpocrates standing left, holding cornucopia; (between altar and ram)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	8.66 g
Axis	12
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 1273	SNG 1116	24	8.66	12	described as holding `une massue surmontée d'un épervier'; but surely a cornucopia? No trace of an altar or ram, as described by Curtis, but the coin is not in very good condition	Show
2	2				Curtis				‘Harpokrates r. nude, leans on column (on which rests cornucopiae) faces Egyptian altar; behind, ram hd. turned; i.f. L ΙΔ’; obv. ‘E2k3’: Curtis’ annotated copy of Milne	Show