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III, 4936.1
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
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Volume
III
Number
4936.1
Province
Egypt
Region
Egypt
City
Alexandria
Reign
Trajan
Person (obv.)
Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.)
Trajan (Augustus)
Issue
L K = year 20
Dating
AD 116/17
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ Ϲ
Ε
Β Γ
Ε
ΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ
Nominative
Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
Obverse design
laureate nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription
L Κ
Reverse design
Emperor (Trajan) standing in quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
33 mm
Axis
12
Specimens
10 (4 in the core collections)
Note
The figure seems to be the Emperor with sceptre and branch, rather than the figure of Helios with whip that was found on the galloping quadriga coins of year 17. Cf. Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936) lot 308 (unillustrated) = Emmett 509, which has Helios (Sarapis) in quadriga.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
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L: 1862,0614.173
BMC 523
33
18.69
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2
2
NY: 1944.100.55686
33
23.26
12
galloping horses
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3
3
NY: 1944.100.56185
33
19.66
12
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4
4
NY: 1944.100.56186
33
19.08
12
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5
5
Amsterdam
galloping horses
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6
6
Amsterdam
galloping horses
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7
7
D759
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8
8
D760
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9
9
DS6923
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10
10
Peus 406 (2012) lot 609
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