RPC III, 6282

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6282
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
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΡΜΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Reverse design young Thot/Hermes, standing, left, in a semi-circular Egyptian kiosk, wearing atef crown, holding caduceus in left hand, and purse in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3964
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61390
3 3     Cologne Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 756
4 4     A: 4991 Dem 3518
5 5     D6268 (rev. illus.), not illus. on DS pl. 298 = Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 47, lot 125 (Figari - Mosconi 1963)
6 6     WB coll., Köln ( = DS [under no. 6268, pl. 298 is actually a different coin from D6268]; ex MM Deutschland 12, 11 Apr. 2003, lot 722 = Monetarium (SKA) Zürich List 47, 1985, lot 125 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 144, 2003, pl. I.7)
7 7     ✸ Zurquieh (VCoins), 2 Apr. 2014
8 8     CNG EA 389, 18 Jan. 2017, lot 497