RPC III, 4397

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4397
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L ΙΓ = year 13
Dating AD 109/10
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription L ΙΓ
Reverse design Harpocrates of Heracleopolis Magna on panther riding (?), left, raising finger to lips and holding club; to right altar surmounted by uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note D905 describes the design as Harpocrates of Heracleopolis Magna (‘Harpokrates di Herakleopolis a s.; porta modius, la d. alla bocca, nella s. clava con sopra sparviero a s.; cavalca un animale con testa d’ariete il corpo di pantera? và a s., gira la testa a d. Dietro base con sopra modius?’). For the figure, see also year 14 (D904= 4516). Date is not clear on any of the specimens here. Confirmation required.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1421 SNG 1299
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.55444