RPC III, 6472

Province Egypt
City Alexandria 
Region Egypt
Reign Trajan
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, r., draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΕΝΝΥΤΗϹ ΝΟΜΟϹ, [L ΙΒ, ΙΓ or ΙΔ]
Reverse design Onuris-Shu standing, l., wearing military dress and helmet, holding spear in r. hand, and parazonium in l. hand; oryx, l., at his feet in l. field

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 6472

 

Museum Numismatic Museum, Athens (Greece)
Inventory no. 5066
Reference Geissen & Weber, ZPE 158, 2006, fig. 8 p. 298: ‘Das Porträt des Kaisers und die vollständige Rs.-Legende mit NOMOC sprechen für eine Prägung am Beginn der Emission, also wohl aus dem Jahre 12’
Diameter 34
Weight 20.99
Axis
Note year illegible but the portrait of Trajan indicates an early emission: years 12 to 14
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