RPC III, 4800.3


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4800.3
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
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate half-length bust of Trajan, right, with cuirass and aegis
Reverse inscription	L ΙΖ
Reverse design	Helios (radiate) in galloping quadriga, right; above, small object carried by two birds (?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.56319		34	16.79	12	described as ‘Emperor in quad r. and statue’, but the galloping horses indicate Helios	Show
2	2	Amsterdam		33			perhaps also ears of corn in wreath?	Show
3	3 ✸		CNG 91 (2012), lot 722	33			date illegible, but Helios with whip is very clear. The date, if anything looks most like LIH, but we are reluctant to include a new year on the basis of such an uncertain reading	Show