RPC III, 4285

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4285
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IB = year 12
Dating AD 108/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Reverse design Alexandria (?) seated, left, holding Nike and vexillum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note A vexillum is usually held by Alexandria, and one can perhaps discern an elephant’s head-dress on her head. The figure seems female and is clothed (so, therefore, not Zeus). Confirmation required.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     DS6954 = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 312
2 2     ✸ Naville Numismatics 85, 19 Nov. 2023, lot 265