RPC III, 6496

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6496
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Mendesios (nome of Lower Egypt)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΕΝΔΗϹΙΟϹ, L ΙΓ
Reverse design Ba-neb-djedet/Mendes standing, left, wearing atef crown, and sun disk between two uraei upon ram horns, holding long sceptre in left hand, ram, right, in right hand; ram, left, at his feet in left field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dresden: 2084
2 2     DS11014 = Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 361
3 3     ✸ DS 11015 = Naville Numismatics 88, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 314