RPC III, 4869.2


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4869.2
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 ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ (?)
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate head of Trajan, right (?)
Reverse inscription	L ΙΗ
Reverse design	Nilus seated on sphinx on basis, left, holding reed and cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				D997 = Naville 50, 23 June 2019, lot 251	33	13.42		‘Data consunta’, but the obv. inscription includes ΑΡΙ, so the coin will be of year 18 or later. 18 seems clear on P1226. The genii mentioned by Dattari (‘sparsi di quà di là altri genii in differenti atteggiamenti’) are not visible on the rubbing in DS of D997, or on the P coin (4869.1/1)	Show