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III, 6368
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
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Volume
III
Number
6368
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
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
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΔ
Edition
Ἡρακλεοπολίτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation
Heracleopolite, of year 13
Reverse design
bearded Herishef/Heracles standing, left, lion skin draped over left arm, holding club in left hand, and winged griffin, left, in right hand
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
33 mm
Average weight
20.69 g
Specimens
2 (0 in the core collections)
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1
✸
Brussels: II.51.799
J. Lallemand,
CdE
XXXVIII, 75, 1963, p. 320 no 1 = L. Bricault,
RBN
149, 2003, pl. IV.19 = Geissen & Weber,
ZPE
151, 2005, pl. III.26
33.1
20.22
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2
2
CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 225 (‘year 12 (?)')
21.16
the date is illegible, but the design is very close to the Br coin
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