RPC III, 6433

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6433
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, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΞΟΙΤΗϹ ΝΟΜΟϹ, L ΙΕ
Edition Ξοῖτης νομὸς (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation Xoite nome, of year 14
Reverse design Mout standing, facing, head left, wearing crown with feathers, holding small sceptre in left hand, and ram, right, in right hand; ram, left, at her feet in left field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.55 g
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 1896/7 (902) 1433 Geissen & Weber, ZPE 155, 2006, fig. 38 p. 299: ‘Isis’
2 2     ✸ Cairo: 2742-1
3 3     Alexandria
4 4     DS11066, pl. 307.