RPC III, 4832


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4832
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L IH = year 18
Dating	AD 114/15
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	nude normal sized bust of Trajan, wreath with ears of corn, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΗ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation	of year 18
Reverse design	Emperor (Trajan) standing in elephant quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch; above, Nike
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Specimens	1 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P	SNG 1219	34			the traces of the date in the exergue are compatible with L IH, but not definite. As with the last coin the smaller bust might suggest an earlier date; but the ears of corn in the wreath indicates a date no earlier than year 16. This seems to suggest that the reversion to smaller busts just slightly anteceded the adoption of Optimus	Show