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
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, r., nude and with aegis on l. shoulder
Reverse inscription ϹΕΘΡⲰΙΤΗϹ, L ΙΓ
Reverse design young Horus of Mesen standing, l., wearing pschent and military dress, holding spear in r. hand, and l. hand lifting chlamys; lion, l., at his feet in l. field
Metal Æ
Average diameter 35 mm
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     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