RPC III, 6443

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6443
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, left, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription [ΜΕΝΕΛΑΕΙ]ΤΗϹ, 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 basis 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 27.54 g
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Aiello
2 2     DS11026
3 3     DS 7503 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 383