RPC III, 4710B

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4710B
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 bust of Trajan, right, with wreath of corn ears and aegis on shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design Demeter standing facing, head right, holding torch and poppy; to right, Euthenia seated left, holding corn ears and small sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.57 g
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note 1 is described as a diobol on the website (25mm, 6.45g.), but it looks like a drachm, and Tom Buggey has subsequently confirmed that it is a drachm.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ T. Buggey coll.
2 2     Alexandria: 3854
3 3     Alexandria: 3855
4 4     Emmett 438, cited from Berlin