RPC III, 4861.2


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4861.2
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	[ ]
Obverse design	uncertain laureate bust of Trajan, right
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
Axis	12
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1860,0602.52	BMC 530		14.92			Show
2	2	NY						Show
3	3	A: 71/234						Show
4	4 ✸	Cologne	Geissen 672	34	13.70	12	Geissen suggests the coin has inscription without ΑΡΙ. However this bust type is as yet unattested for the part of the year before the adoption of Optimus; one can read ]ΓƐΡΜ[ after the break in the inscription which would normally indicate an inscription without Optimus	Show