RPC III, 4936.1

 

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Coin type
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 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 Emperor (Trajan) standing in quadriga, right, laureate-headed, wearing toga, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.17 g
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1862,0614.173 BMC 523
2 2     NY: 1944.100.55686
3 3     NY: 1944.100.56185
4 4     NY: 1944.100.56186
5 5     Amsterdam
6 6     Amsterdam
7 7     D759
8 8     D760
9 9     DS6923
10 10     Peus 406 (2012) lot 609