RPC III, 4978


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4978
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Issue	Uncertain year (only unpublished designs included)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
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Trajan, left, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	[ ]
Reverse design	Poseidon standing, left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				DS7153 = Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 276	34.5	19.91		there may be something like an altar to the right of Poseidon; or it might be a Γ, as in year 13? Emmett 567 attributes it to year 13	Show
2	2			Alexandria: 4282		33	18.52			Show