RPC III, 4925


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4925
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L K = year 20
Dating	AD 116/17
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Ἄριστος Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικὸς Παρθικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἄρι(στος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ὸς) Παρ(θικός)
Translation	Emperor Trajan, the Best, Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design	laureate nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L Κ
Edition	ἔτους κʹ (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation	of year 20
Reverse design	Demeter (?) standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn (?) over altar and sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	36 mm
Average weight	20.93 g
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Note	A similar design occurs in year 14 = 4507.

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Naville Auction 35, 29 Oct. 2017 lot 397, ex D793	36	20.93		‘Imperatrice? in piedi a s.; veste chiton e peplos, versa incenso sopra altare di forma circolare; tiene scettro. (Sotto le sembianze di Demeter.)’	Show
2	2				Naville 75, 31 July 2022, lot 334, ex Dattari					Show