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III, 6498
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6498
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Volume
III
Number
6498
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
Edition
Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικὸς Δακικός
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
ΜΕΝΔΗϹΙΟϹ, L ΙΔ?
Edition
Μενδήσιος ἔτους ιδʹ
Μενδήσιος (ἔτους) ιδʹ
Translation
Mendesios (nome), of year 14
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
33 mm
Specimens
1 (0 in the core collections)
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DS11017, pl. 304
32.8
year unclear but a Δ in the r. field may indicate a coin for year 14; confirmation required
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