RPC III, 6531

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6531
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Pelusion (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 ΠΗΛΟΥϹΙΝ, L ΙΕ
Edition Πηλούσι<ο>ν (ἔτους) ιεʹ
Translation Pelusion, of year 15
Reverse design young Horus of Mount Kasion/Zeus Kasios, standing, left, wearing hem-hem crown, half naked, holding sceptre in left hand, pomegranate in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.31 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cologne de Geus 10, 16–17 Oct. 2000, lot 2402 = Geissen & Weber, ZPE 164, 2008, fig. 10 p. 297
2 2     NY: 1944.100.56298