RPC III, 6454

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6454
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Alexandreon Chora (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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕωΝ [ΧωΡΑ?], L ΙΒ
Edition Ἀλεξανδρέων χώρα (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation Alexandreon Chora, of year 12
Reverse design Horus, standing, left, wearing military dress, holding something not recognizable (Agathos Daimon ?) in right hand, left arm lowered (holding a spear?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.72 g
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 28884
2 2     ✸ DS10854 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 323
3 3     DS10854b, pl. 293.