RPC III, 6359

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 6359
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Heracleopolite (nome of Upper Egypt)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Nominative Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗϹ ΝΟΜΟϹ, L ΙΒ
Reverse design bearded Herishef/Heracles standing, left, lion skin draped over left arm, cradling club in left arm, and holding winged griffin, left, in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B
2 2     Alexandria
3 3     D6251 ( = DS pl. 299, pl. LIII 150). = Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 58 (Figari - Mosconi 1948)