RPC III, 6507

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6507
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Diopolite inferior (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 ΔΙΟΠΟ[ΛΙΤΗϹ ... ΝΟ]ΜΟϹ (?), L ΙΒ(?)
Edition Διοπολίτης [---] νομὸς (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation Diopolite nome, of year 12
Reverse design bearded Amon-Ra/Zeus (?) standing, facing, head left, half naked, wearing sun disk upon ram horns, holding long sceptre in right hand, ram (?), right, in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Attribution and year to be confirmed. The design is very close to the one used 18 years later for Hadrian.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D6237 (rev. illus.)