RPC III, 6380

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6380
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 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 ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Ἀφροδειτοπολίτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Aphroditopolite (nome), of year 13
Reverse design Hathor/Aphrodite standing, left, between two sphinxes resting on pedestals, inside temple with two columns, wearing feathers between two spurs, lowered left hand, and, in right hand, figure of Isis standing, right, wearing feathers between two spurs, holding situla in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 22.59 g
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 6: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 3950 Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 75 no. 56
2 2     L BMC N68, Price & Trell, Coins and Their Cities, 1977, p. 222 fig. 489 [rev.] = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 151, 2005, pl. IV.41: ‘Isis-Hathor’
3 3     V: GR 26157
4 4     ✸ A: 5018 Geissen & Weber, ZPE 151, 2005, pl. IV.40
5 5     D6195 (rev. illus.), pl. 296
6 6     D6196, DS pl. 296 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 324
8 8     Mabbott 3700 (not illus.)
9 9     D6197 = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 357