RPC III, 6280

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6280
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Hermopolite (nome of Upper Egypt)
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 ΕΡΜΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Ἑρμοπολίτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Hermopolite, of year 13
Reverse design Thot/Hermes bearded, standing, left, wearing atef crown upon ram horns, holding winged caduceus in left hand, and baboon wearing sun disk seating, right, in right hand; before, ibis (or not) standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.74 g
Axis 12
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC N82
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61388
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61389
4 4     Cologne: 3375
5 5     D6267, DS pl. 298
6 6     DS10920, pl. 298 (no ibis)
7 7     DS10921, pl. 298 (no ibis) = MMDeutschland 1, 1977, lot 586 (Figari - Mosconi 1961)
8 8     DS10922, pl. 298 (no ibis)
9 9     CNA XXI, 26 June 1992, lot 542 (no ibis)
10 10     ✸ Jacquier 38, 13 Sept. 2013, lot 270 ex ΜM Deutschland 1, 16–17 Sept. 1997, lot 587