RPC III, 6434

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6434
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 ΝΟΜΟϹ, L ΙΕ
Edition Ξοῖτης νομὸς (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation Xoite nome, of year 14
Reverse design bearded Amon-Ra standing, 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 35 mm
Average weight 21.94 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 26166
2 2     NY: 1973.56.907
3 3     DS11065, pl. 307 ( = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 155, 2006, fig. 39 p. 299 = A. Savio-A.Cavagna, RIN CXV, 2014, p. 323 fig. 3)