RPC III, 6355

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6355
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Oxyrhynchite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός 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 ΝΟΜΟϹ ΟΞΥΡΥΝΧΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΒ
Edition Νομὸς Ὀξυρυγχείτης ἔτους ιβʹ Νομὸς Ὀξυρυγχείτης (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation Nome of Oxyrhynchite, of year 12
Reverse design Thoeris/Athena standing, left, wearing helmet, holding double axe in left hand, and Nike with crown and palm, right, in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.64 g
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1875/530
2 2     ✸ A: 4999 Dem 3523 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 151, 2005, pl. I.1
3 3     DS11080, pl. 308.