RPC III, 4294.6

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4294.6
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Person (rev.) 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 half-length nude bust of Trajan, right, with aegis on left, shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
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
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note The half-length bust on the obverse is unexpected at this early date (normal in year 16-18), but the year is clear on the rubbing in DS and on the Amsterdam coin. It also occurs with a few other designs in this year.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY
2 2     ✸ Amsterdam: 3191
3 3     DS6916