RPC III, 6444

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6444
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός 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 Μενελαείτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Menelaite (nome), of year 13
Reverse design Harpocrates with lower body of a crocodile, standing left on a base decorated with garlands, wearing pschent, right hand to mouth, left arm holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.30 g
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 21116
2 2     Brussels: II.51.817 L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. V.37
3 3     DS11032
4 4     CNG Triton XXVIII Online Sessions, 22 Jan. 2025, lot 5537 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 274 = DS 11031
5 5     Basel Münzhandlung 6, 18 Mar. 1936, lot 1355 pl. 10
6 6     Mabbott 3750 (not illus.)
7 7     ✸ WB coll., Köln