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	Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός 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 (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)

#	Specimen	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