RPC III, 4628.1

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4628.1
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 temple (classical) with two columns enclosing Hermanubis standing, left, holding caduceus (?) and palm-branch; to left, jackal
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note D described it as a caduceus, but it looks more like a branch in the rubbings in DS.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS7256 = MM 11 (2002) lot 202 = Peus 19, 1971, lot 61 (Figari - Mosconi 191)