RPC III, 4681.2


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4681.2
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, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙϚ (?)
Edition	(ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation	of year 16
Reverse design	Isis Thermouthis, anguipede, standing facing, holding torch in each hand
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	21.79 g
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Note	The new specimen https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/92610 for year 14 raises the possibility that some of the coins attributed to year 16 may be earlier.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: 1862,0614.178	BMC 464	33	23.86		‘LI Z?’, but year is illegible; the sistrum could be a torch as on D1133, below (in temple). See commentary on the temple coins below (4692-4693), for suggested attribution to year 16	Show
2	2				Matthijs, ex DS6993 = Naville 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 355 ('year 15')	35	19.72		date not legible	Show