RPC III, 6379

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6379
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Memphite (nome of Lower Egypt)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ] ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ Δ[ΑΚΙΚ]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΕΜΦΙΝΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Μεμφίντης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Memphite (nome), of year 13
Reverse design Isis standing, left, wearing feathers between two spurs, in left hand figure standing, and, in right hand, figure standing; in lower right field small figure standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 26.72 g
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Previously attributed to the Aphroditopolite nome ([ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟΠ]ΟΛ[Ι]ΤΗϹ?, therefore with Hathor/Aphrodite), but the coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/474698 has a clear inscription.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cairo: 2742-3
2 2     DS, pl. LII
3 3     ✸ Naville Numismatics 88, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 313