RPC III, 6369


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	6369
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
Nominative	Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed
Reverse inscription	ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΔ
Reverse design	young Harsomtous/Heracles standing, left, wearing kalathos and lotus flower, right hand to the mouth, and holding club in left hand; hawk on club
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	35 mm
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)