RPC III, 4609


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4609
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
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation	Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L ΙΕ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation	of year 15
Reverse design	Euthenia seated on altar with sphinx, left, holding ears of corn and sceptre; around, genii
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Perhaps also P 1038, K 462, and 3 specimens in Toronto (see Christianse, RCA, p. 141.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			A: Dem 967					attributed by Feuardent to year 8 but this is unlikely: see commentary on year 8	Show
2	2 ✸				DS7041 = Aiello	33			the date is just about clear on the coin, though not on the rubbing in DS	Show