RPC III, 4861.1

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4861.1
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 ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design Emperor (Trajan), laureate-headed, in military dress, standing, left, holding patera and sceptre; to right, Alexandria (?) standing, left, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note The head is bare on BMC 530-531.; not clear on K672 and D784. On the coin of the first part of the year (4833/1), however, she seems to be turreted.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.162 BMC 531
2 2     P: 1763
3 3     D784 = Naville 49, 12 May 2019, lot 223