RPC III, 6378

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6378
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Aphroditopolite (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 ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΒ
Edition Ἀφροδειτοπολίτης ἔτους ιβʹ Ἀφροδειτοπολίτης (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation Aphroditopolite (nome), of year 12
Reverse design Hathor/Aphrodite standing, left, wearing feathers between two spurs, lowered left hand, and, in right hand, figure of Isis standing, left, wearing feathers between two spurs, holding situla in left hand, and uraeus raised left, in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.95 g
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 7: same rev. die as 6378A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cologne DS10889, pl. 295
2 2     A: 5017
3 3     A: 311/1506
4 4     D6190 (rev. illus.) (misread as ΑΝΤΑΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΗC) = DS pl. 295 (correctly identified) = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 406 = Künker 382, 16 Mar. 2023, lot 425
6 6     DS10891, pl. 295 =Naville Numismatics 96, 29 June 2025, lot 420 = Kolner Munzkabinett 66, 1997, lot 518 (Figari - Mosconi 1940)
7 7     DS n.d., pl. 296 = Naville 49, 12 May 2019, lot 303