RPC III, 6446A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6446A
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Menelaite (nome of Lower Egypt)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΕΝΕΛΑΕΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΕ
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, in temple with two columns on podium with 3 steps; in pediment, solar disk upon crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Reference Dauwe 14
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Amsterdam: S3546 H. M. E. Schürmann