RPC III, 4657.1

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4657.1
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IϚ = year 16
Dating AD 112/13
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
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head right, with hand on head and holding lyre; to right Artemis standing facing, head left, holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.06 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note P1160 (date illegible) has Apollo with lowered hand probably holding a branch, and no obvious sign of a lyre; more like the design used in year 17? It also has a large bust, like coins of that year.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cologne Geissen 596