RPC III, 6430

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6430
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 ΞΟΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Ξοῖτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Xoite, of year 13
Reverse design bearded Amon-Ra standing, facing, head left, wearing hem-hem upon ram horns, holding long sceptre in left hand, and ram, right, in right hand; around him, two basis with garlands, ram standing on both
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.91 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1991.33.2 CNA XIII, 4 Dec. 1990, lot 224: rev. legend read “[N]OMO ΔIO[ with inverted Δ”, with an attribution to Diopolite Magna = Annual Report of the ANS 1991, p. 14 fig. 17 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 155, 2006, fig. 36 p. 299 with correct attribution to Xoite; but, in ZPE 160, 2007, p. 286 and fig. 18 p. 299, Geissen & Weber attributed the coin, erroneously this time, to Diopolite Parva
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61411
3 3     Alexandria