RPC III, 6388

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6388
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Memphite (nome of Lower 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, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΝΟΜΟϹ ΜΕΝΦΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΕ
Edition νομὸς Μενφείτης ἔτους ιεʹ νομὸς Μενφείτης (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation Memphite nome, of year 11
Reverse design Isis standing, right, holding sceptre in right hand, and raised uraeus, right, in left hand; behind her, Apis bull standing, right, wearing sun disk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.11 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same rev. die.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 3968 Égypte romaine, 1997, p. 87 no. 80 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 153, 2005, fig. 6 p. 315
2 2     CNG EA 587, 21 May 2025, lot 578 = D6298, DS pl. 304 = Naville Numismatics 64, 21 Mar. 2021, lot 407