RPC III, 6442

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6442
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Menelaite (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 ΜΕΝΕΛΑΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Μενελαείτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Menelaite (nome), of year 13
Reverse design Harpocrates with lower body of a crocodile, standing left, wearing pschent, right hand to mouth, left arm holding cornucopia; two bases decorated with garlands around him; on the front base, hydria; on the base behind, temple with five columns with a frieze of uraei
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.36 g
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Suppl. N120
2 2     O: HCR32918 M 612b
3 3     D6310, DS pl. 305
4 4 –7     DS11027–30, pl. 305
8 8     Mabbott 3749 (not illus.)
9 9     A: 1872
10 10     PV coll., ex Ebay
11 11     Naville 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 372 = D895
12 12     ✸ Naville Numismatics 84, 8 Oct. 2023, lot 299