RPC III, 6490

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6490
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Sethroite (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 ϹΕΘΡωΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Edition Σεθρωίτης (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation Sethroite (nome), of year 13
Reverse design young Horus of Mesen standing, left, wearing pschent and military dress, holding spear in right hand, and left hand lifting chlamys; lion, left, at his feet in left field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 20.29 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Suppl. N139
2 2     D6387, DS pl. 312
3 3     ✸ CNG Triton XXVIII, 14 Jan. 2025, lot 555 = Naville Numismatics 92, 13 Oct. 2024, lot 400 = DS11151, pl. 312 = Naville Numismatics 61, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 260
4 4     Mabbott 3787 = Berk Buy or Bid Sale 216, 27 July 2021, lot 553
5 5     Dürr, 16 Nov. 1998, lot 797 = MM Deutschland 12, 11 Apr. 2003, lot 731 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 158, 2006, fig. 34 p. 300