RPC III, 6292

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6292
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Arsinoite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ(Μ) ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΡϹΙΝΟΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΔ
Reverse design bearded Sobek/Kronos standing, left, wearing atef crown upon ram horns, holding harpa in left hand, and bust of Premarres (Amenemhet III), right, in right hand; before, crocodile, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4–5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3952
2 2     C: 58-1934
3 3     A: 5013 Geissen & Weber, ZPE 144, 2003, pl. II.14
4 4     D6208 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 295 = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 359
5 5     DS10875, pl. 295 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 369
6 6     Rogers = Coin Hoards 7, A50 (findspot Egypt, see E. Christiansen, QS, p. 236)
7 7     Mabbott 3703
8 8     ✸ Amsterdam: S3536 H. M. E. Schürmann