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 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 on a base decorated with garlands, wearing pschent, right hand to mouth, left arm holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.41 g
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 21116
2 2     Brussels: II.51.817 L. Bricault, RBN 149, 2003, pl. V.37
3 3     DS11031 = Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 316
4 4     DS 11032
5 5     Basel Münzhandlung 6, 18 Mar. 1936, lot 1355 pl. 10
6 6     Mabbott 3750 (not illus.)
7 7     ✸ WB coll., Köln