Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ28 - Trajan L Β
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
|---|---|
| Year | 98-99 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Nike, the winged goddess of victory, depicted advancing to the left in full stride, her wings spread behind her. She holds a victor's wreath extended in her right hand and carries a long palm-branch in her left. The figure is rendered in the Hellenistic tradition common to Alexandrian provincial coinage, with drapery flowing around the lower body. The regnal date formula L Β appears in the left field, denoting the second year of Trajan's reign in the Egyptian calendar. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
This piece dates to Trajan's second regnal year in Egypt — a reckoning that began not from his accession in January 98 AD but from the Egyptian calendar's New Year in late August, meaning coins bearing LB were struck across a window that straddles the Roman and Alexandrian chronologies. The Alexandria mint operated under the prefect of Egypt, entirely insulated from the Roman senatorial system, and produced a closed currency that could not legally circulate outside Egypt's borders.