RPC III, 6409

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6409
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 ϹΑΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Σαίτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Saite (nome), of year 13
Reverse design Neith/Athena standing, right, wearing helmet and aegis, holding spear in right hand, left hand resting on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.86 g
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 1144
2 2     ✸ Cologne de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, 2410 = CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, 230 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 155, 2006, fig. 7 p. 296
3 3     A: 5079
4 4     DS11113, pl. 310
5 5     CNG 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1351 = CNA XIV, 20 Mar. 1991, lot 575 = NFA, 18 Oct. 1990, lot 2565