RPC III, 4597


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4597
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	L IE = year 15
Dating	AD 111/12
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation	Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	L ΙΕ
Edition	(ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation	of year 15
Reverse design	Demeter standing, right, holding torch and patera; to right, Euthenia (?) seated, left, holding ears of corn and sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	20.38 g
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	NY: 1944.100.56295	34.2	20.38	12	perhaps a kalathos (on a column?) behind?	Show
2	2	A: 1721					Show
3	3	Amsterdam				date not clear; double struck	Show