RPC III, 4985


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4985
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Trajan
Person (obv.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	Uncertain year (only unpublished designs included)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation	Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder (?)
Reverse inscription	[ ]
Edition	[---]
Translation	[---]
Reverse design	Isis (?) standing facing, head right, holding sceptre and uncertain object
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	22.94 g
Axis	12
Specimens	1 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 1424	SNG 1301	34	22.94	12	the figure is tentatively identified as Hermanubis by Bakhoum, but rather than ‘coiffé de calathos’ it seems to have a disc and horns, and so seems to be Isis. She holds a sceptre and an unclear object. There may be an altar or something else to l., and perhaps to r.	Show