RPC III, 6446

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6446
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 ΙΕ
Edition Μενελαείτης (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation of Menelaite, of year 14
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 34 mm
Average weight 20.54 g
Axis 12
Specimens 19 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 16: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 4053
2 2     L BMC N32
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     V: GR 26138
5 5     NY: 1944.100.61396
6 6     NY: 1944.100.61397
7 7     NY: 1953.43.1
8 8     NY: 1994.9.1
9 9     Frankfurt: 1365
10 10     A: 1896/7 (904) 1438
11 11     Alexandria
12 12     D6312, DS pl. 305
13 13     Mabbott 3752 (not illus.)
14 14     Elsen 58, 12 June 1999, lot 1621 (not illus.)
15 15     CNG MBS 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 921
16 16     MM Deutschland 10, 22 Mar. 2002, lot 257
17 17     R. Dauwe coll. 48.990610
18 18     DS 6312 = Naville Numismatics 80, 2 Apr. 2023, lot 471
19 19     ✸ Naville Numismatics 87, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 367