RPC III, 4585


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4585
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L IE = year 15
Dating	AD 111/12
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	L ΙΕ
Reverse design	Sarapis (?) seated, left, holding sceptre; to left, lion-headed fountain, on which vexillum
Metal	silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	Vogt, pp. 85-9 pointed out the similar coins of Hadrian year 5 = 5269. He interpreted the figure as Sarapis the provider of drinking water, and compared the design with an earlier altar of Trajan from Egypt which connected Trajan with pure water

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	NY: 1944.100.55235		24	9.70	12		Show
2	2		D690				‘Sarapis seduto a s.; la d. stesa verso una vasca che riceve acqua da una fontana a testa di leone; tiene scettro in s.; sopra la testa un simbolo indecifrabile, forse il modius. Dietro la fontana vexillum’	Show
3	3		DS				a second and clearer specimen, with no number, is illustrated in DS plate 26, last coin. The object to the left does not look much like a lion-headed fountain; more like a sort of altar with lotus flowers above?	Show