RPC III, 6283

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6283
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 ΙΔ
Reverse design bearded Thot/Hermes, standing, left, wearing atef crown upon ram horns, holding caduceus in left hand, and baboon wearing sun disk seating, right, in right hand; before him, ibis standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Brussels: II.51.804 J. Lallemand, CdE XXXVIII, 75, 1963, p. 320 no 2 = L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. IV.24
2 2     Brussels: II.51.805 J. Lallemand, CdE XXXVIII, 75, 1963, p. 320 no 3 = L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. V.25
3 3     DS n.d., pl. 298
4 4     Mabbott 3727 (‘Hermanubis’; not illus.)
5 5     ✸ Aiello