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 Μεμφί{ν}της (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