RPC III, 6465

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6465
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Athribite (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 ΑΘΡΙΒΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Ἀθριβίτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Athribite, of year 13
Reverse design Chuit-Hathor standing, left, holding long sceptre in left hand, and bull (or oryx?), left, in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.71 g
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC N156, Geissen & Weber, ZPE 157, 2006, fig. 34 p. 304
2 2     Frankfurt: 1345 Geissen & Weber, ZPE 157, 2006, fig. 33 p. 303: ‘Stier (?)’ in r. hand
3 3     A: 5051
4 4 –6     DS10847–9, pl. 293
7 7     R. Dauwe coll. 33.981117 = Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 731
8 8     Naville Numismatics 89, 12 May 2024, lot 362 = D 6212, pl. 293 = Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 360