RPC III, 6446A

 

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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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακ(ικός)
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, in temple with two columns on podium with 3 steps; in pediment, solar disk upon crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.72 g
Reference Dauwe 14
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

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