RPC III, 4623


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4623
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, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΕ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation	of year 15
Reverse design	Nilus in biga of hippopotami, galloping left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia; below, (genii and) lotus flowers
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	22.27 g
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1864,1118.341	BMC 405 (genii and flowers)	33	22.27	erroneously described by Poole in BMC as Zeus Ammon in biga of rams. The date has been tooled, but is probably original. The ears of corn are off flan, so not certain, though likely	Show
2	2	A: 1719 (flowers)					Show
3	3		Aiello				Show
4	4		DS Supp 96 (flowers)			perhaps also DS Supp 95	Show