RPC III, 6329

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6329
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Thinite (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 ΘΙΝ(Ε)ΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΒ
Edition Θινείτης (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation Thinite (nome), of year 12
Reverse design Onuris-Shu/Ares standing, right, radiate, wearing sun disk (or feathers ?) upon ram horns, holding spear in right hand, and Hathor-Mehit/Elpis, left, in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.30 g
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Turin: 8931 Di San Quintino, Medaglie, 1833, no. 1 p. 8; rev. illus.
2 2     Alexandria Dreyer, BSAA 45, 1993, p. 77–8, pl. XII A = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 149, 2004, pl. I.4
3 3     NY D6395 (rev. illus. ‘[ΝΟΜΟC? ΘΙ]ΝΕΙΤΗ[C]), DS pl. 300 = Gemini 13, 6 Apr. 2017 (ex Art Institute of Chicago), lot 390, first coin
4 4     ✸ Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 84