RPC III, 6411

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6411
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, L ΙΕ
Edition Σαείτης (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation Saite, of year 15
Reverse design Neith/Athena standing, left, wearing helmet and aegis, holding an owl, right (or a figurine of Nike?), in right hand, left hand resting on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.01 g
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Suppl. N132, Sotheby’s, 21 Feb. 1929, lot 433
2 2     O: HCR32943 M 663
3 3     ✸ Cairo: 2058 L. Bricault, Monnaies des nomes, 2002, p. 180 no. 9 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 155, 2006, fig. 9 p. 296