RPC III, 6323

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6323
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Hermonthite (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 [ΕΡ?]ΜΟΝ[ΘΙΤΗϹ?], L ΙΓ
Edition Ἑρμονθίτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Hermonthite, of year 13
Reverse design Montou/Apollo (?) standing, left, holding long sceptre in left hand, and something (an ibis ?), in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.37 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The attribution to the Hermonthite nome needs confirmation

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: 4968 Dem 3501bis = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 147, 2004, pl. VI.14