RPC III, 4784.3


Image of specimen #12

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4784.3
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	Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation	Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate half-length nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on, left, shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΖ
Edition	ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation	of year 17
Reverse design	Demeter standing facing, head right, holding torch and ears of corn; to right, Euthenia standing facing, head left, (leaning on column) holding ears of corn and sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	20.88 g
Axis	12
Specimens	14 (5 in the core collections)
Note	The coin wrongly illustrated as D803 on DS pl. 34 is another specimen of this type. The coin labelled 813 on DS plate 34 is the same type; but in his text D describes it as Ares and Athena. This suggests that his coins may have been mixed up, and indeed it looks as if he had originally written ‘manca’ (missing) beside the number 813 on pl. 34. Thanks to K. Emmett and P. Matthijs for discussion.