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
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, r., nude and with aegis on l. shoulder
Reverse inscription [Ξ]ΟΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Reverse design bearded Amon-Ra standing, facing, head l., wearing sun disk upon ram horns, holding long sceptre in l. hand, and ram, r., in r. hand
Metal Æ
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.74 g
Specimens 2
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

Number Museum Bibliography
1     ✸ CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 725
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)