RPC III, 6406

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6406
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Saite (nome of Lower 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 ϹΑΕΙΤΗϹ ΝΟΜΟϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Σαείτης νομὸς (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Saite nome, of year 13
Reverse design Neith/Athena standing, facing, head left, wearing helmet and aegis, holding owl, left, in right hand, spear in left hand; Egyptian altar at her feet in left field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.83 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1991.33.3 СNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 229 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 155, 2006, fig. 5 p. 296
2 2     D6367 (rev. illus.), DS pl. 310 = Naville 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 343
3 3     MM Deutschland 12, 11 Apr. 2003, lot 729 = MünzZentrum Köln 65, 1988, lot 492
4 4     CNG Triton XXVIII, 14 Jan. 2025, lot 551