Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ ALSK_0416 ]
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Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Paludamentum auf der linken Schulter | Nil ruht nach links auf Krokodil nach rechts, in der Rechten Schilfrohr (Papyrus), die Linke hält Füllhorn; im Feld links L ΙΓ, darüber ΙϚ |
| Depicted Person |
Trajan (98-117 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Nile (reclining on, to the left, holding, wearing)
Lotus (bud) (worn)
Himation (worn)
Reed (papyrus) (held)
Cornucopia (held)
Crocodile (underlying, to the right)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΤΡΑΙ]ΑΝ(ΟΣ) Σ[-ΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΔΑΚΙΚ(ΟΣ)] | im Feld links [Ι]Ϛ |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ | links ΙϚ |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in upper left field
:
L ΙΓ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4418.4 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
470
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
965
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. I (Augustus – Trajan Nr. 1-740), Opladen 1974.
No.
537
(Comparable)
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