RPC III, 4396A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4396A
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L ΙΓ = year 13
Dating AD 109/10
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Edition ἔτους ιγʹ (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design Harpocrates with lower body of a crocodile, standing left, wearing pschent, right hand to mouth, left arm holding cornucopia; two bases decorated with garlands around him; on the front base, hydria; on the base behind, temple with five columns with a frieze of uraei
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.76 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The same reverse type as coins of the Menelaite nome - https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/15700 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/15701 - but lacking the name of the nome.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 480, 11 Nov. 2020, lot 434
2 2     DS 903
3 3     D894 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 289