RPC III, 4624


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4624
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	draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos and laurel wreath, right, on globe held up by two Nikai with palm-branches
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	20.41 g
Axis	12
Specimens	7 (3 in the core collections)
Note	Vogt, p. 89, interpreted the design as Sarapis the bringer of victory.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1938.70.1		34	17.68	12	date illegible. Kept with coins of uncertain date	Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.55516		33	21.04	12	date illegible	Show
3	3	O: HCR32936	M 627b		20.41		date and obv. illegible	Show
4	4	A: 132/254					year and obv. illegible; kept at end with coins of uncertain year	Show
5	5 ✸		D1034bis = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 240	32.7	23.15		‘Sarapis, busto di fronte posto sopra globo tenuto da due figure di Nike, una a d. l’altra a s., hanno le ale spiegate e tengono palm-brancha. Nel campo, LIE’. Fairly worn.	Show
6	6		Frankfurt 295					Show
7	7		T. Holman coll.	35	19.75		same rev. (and obv.?) die as specimen /2	Show