RPC III, 6299

Province Egypt
City Alexandria 
Region Egypt
Reign Trajan
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟϹΠΟΛΙϹ Η ΜΕΓΑΛΗ, L ΙΒ
Reverse design Heron riding, right, radiate and haloed, head facing, wearing military dress, holding reins with left hand, patera in right hand, feeding serpent wrapped around the trunk of a tree

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 6299

 

Museum British Museum, London (UK)
Inventory no.
Reference BMC Suppl. N149, Sotheby’s, 21 Feb. 1929, lot 433 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 144, 2003, pl. II.18
Diameter 34
Weight 19.56
Axis
Note holed twice
Feedback Type