RPC III, 6359

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6359
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Heracleopolite (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, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ ΝΟΜΟϹ, L ΙΒ
Edition Ἡρακλεοπολίτης νομὸς ἔτους ιβʹ Ἡρακλεοπολίτης νομὸς (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation Heracleopolite nome, of year 12
Reverse design bearded Herishef/Heracles standing, left, lion skin draped over left arm, cradling club in left arm, and holding winged griffin, left, in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 22.11 g
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B
2 2     Alexandria
3 3     D6251 ( = DS pl. 299, pl. LIII 150). = Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 58 (Figari - Mosconi 1948)