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| Volume | III |
| Number | 6372 |
| 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 | Η[ΡΑΚΛΕω]ΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΕ |
| Edition | Ἡρακλεωπολίτης (ἔτους) ιεʹ |
| Translation | Heracleopolite (nome), of year 15 |
| Reverse design | young Harsomtous/Heracles standing, left, wearing kalathos, inside Egyptian temple with two columns decorated with uraei, right hand to the mouth, and cradling club in left arm, on both sides, hawk standing on pedestals |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 33 mm |
| Average weight | 17.69 g |
| Axis | 12 |
| Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |
| Note | NB: DS10950, pl. 300 = CNG 43, 24 Sep. 1997, lot 1156 = ZPE 151, 2005, pl. III.31 (obv. ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ CΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ; rev. ΗΡΑΚΛΕⲰΠ[; Athena standing, l., wearing helm, l. hand lying on shield, owl on l. hand), is overstruck (Saite nome type). The date is illegible, but Trajan’s portrait looks like those of year 12 or 13 |
Specimens of this coin type
| Number | Obverse | Reverse | Museum | Bibliography |
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P: 1301 | Price & Trell, Coins and Their Cities, 1977, p. 222 fig. 491 [shrine of Isis with sacred birds on pedestals, attributed to the Aphroditopolite] =SNG 4, Alexandrie 1, 1139 [not identified as nome coin] = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 151, 2005, pl. III.30 [identification followed here] |
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