RPC III, 4844

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4844
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IH = year 18
Dating AD 114/15
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 head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Canopus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.62 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note DS6975-6976 have the same design on the same denomination (otherwise unknown for Trajan), but in both cases the year cannot be read from the rubbings (LI [ ]). But see also note to this denomination for year 14.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cologne Geissen 669
2 2     ✸ Astarte 24, 10 June 2025, lot 224 = T. Buggey coll. = Agora Auctions Numismatic 75, 10 July 2018, lot 244
3 3     DS6975 = Naville 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 357