RPC III, 6378B

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6378B
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 heroic nude bust of Trajan, seen from the front, with aegis on the left shoulder.
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 22.14 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Leu WA 19, 19 Feb. 2022, lot 2409 = Naumann EA 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1296