RPC III, 4636

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4636
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 radiate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΕ
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn and torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note DS6983 is the same design (its date might be LI – H, although the design is not yet attested for that year): see now https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/76910
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: D 1081 SNG 1147
2 2     Aiello
3 3     ✸ DS Supp 40 = Aiello