RPC III, 4977


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4977
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	Uncertain year (only unpublished designs included)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation	Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	uncertain laureate bust of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription	[ ]
Edition	--- [---]
Translation	[---]
Reverse design	Nilus seated on rocks, left, holding reed and cornucopia; to right hippopotamus; to left, Euthenia standing, right, holding cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	16.45 g
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				DS7149 = Naville 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 294	33	16.45		the design is similar to D1015-1016 (year 17), except that Euthenia is standing, not kneeling. The date is not quite clear; the size of bust suggests years 16-18. Emmett (in litt.) tentatively suggests year 16 (?). There are two coins labelled 7149 on pl. 49: this is row 2 coin 5	Show