RPC III, 6429

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6429
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Xoite (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 [Ξ]ΟΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Ξοίτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Xoite, of year 13
Reverse design bearded Amon-Ra standing, facing, head left, wearing sun disk upon ram horns, holding long sceptre in left hand, and ram, right, in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.22 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The coin from the Guizeh Museum published by E. Dutilh, RIN 7, 1894, no 46 p. 45-46, pl. II.7 perhaps belongs to this series.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 725
2 2     D6400 (not illus. and not on DS pl. 307: rev. ‘(Leggenda consunta). Simile al precedente (sc. Figura di donna etc., L IB); porta una corona d’ariete e un disco; nella d. sembra tenere un’ariete; senza l’ariete a terra. Nel campo, L ΙΓ)
3 3     ✸ CNG Triton XXVIII, 14 Jan. 2025, lot 557