RPC III, 4609


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4609 json ttl rdf xml
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
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	L ΙΕ
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