RPC III, 6370

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6370
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 ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΔ
Edition Ἡρακλεοπολεῖτης (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of Heracleopolite, of year 17
Reverse design young Harsomtous/Heracles sitting, left, on sphinx, right, wearing kalathos and lotus flower, right hand to the mouth, and club in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.45 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 7: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     G SNG 4960
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61385
4 4     ✸ Cologne DS10947 pl. 300 = Kölner Münzkabinett 66, 21–22 Apr. 1997, lot 520 (Figari - Mosconi 1952) = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 151, 2005, pl. III.28
5 5     A: 5006
6 6     A: 7128a
7 7     D6255, DS pl. 300.