RPC III, 4781.4


Image of specimen #10

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4781.4
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L IZ = year 17
Dating	AD 113/14
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	radiate half-length nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΖ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation	of year 17
Reverse design	Ares standing facing, head right, holding parazonium and spear; to right, Athena standing facing, head left, holding shield and spear
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	19.71 g
Axis	12
Specimens	11 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.55582		34	22.10	12		Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.55583		34	20.06	12		Show
3	3	O: HCR32980			17.44			Show
4	4	A: 66/211						Show
5	5	Amsterdam						Show
6	6	Vat: 276						Show
7	7		175 (tav. V)					Show
8	8		Naville Numismatics 87, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 375 = DS Supp 30 (?)	34.3	21.09		date is L I[ ]; cf. last note (DS6963)	Show
9	9		DS6963 = Naville 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 284 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 228	33.3	17.88		date is L I[ ], but probably 17, as is clear on other specimens.]. DS Supp 31 is of an illegible year, perhaps also 17	Show
10	10 ✸		Matthijs 406	33				Show
11	11		Zoëga p. 87					Show