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Æ32 - Trajan L ΙϚ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 112-113 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Trajan facing right, with the legend encircling the effigy in Greek characters. The portrait, rendered in the provincial Alexandrian style, presents the emperor in his characteristic military guise with drapery partially visible at the shoulder. The surrounding legend reads ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, identifying him as Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus. The coin is heavily worn and encrusted, rendering precise details of the bust type uncertain. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ (Translation: Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus) |
| Reverse description | A classical tetrastyle or distyle temple depicted in frontal elevation, with two columns framing the standing figure of Sarapis, who faces left and holds a long sceptre in his left hand; a modius (grain measure) crown is associated with the deity's iconography. An altar appears to the left of the temple structure. The regnal date L ΙϚ (Year 16) is inscribed in the field, corresponding to the sixteenth year of Trajan's reign in the Egyptian calendar, equating to AD 112–113. |
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