Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ ALSK_0518 ]
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Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz, Panzer und Paludamentum nach rechts, von hinten gesehen | Ares steht in Helm und Rüstung nach rechts, in der Rechten Parazonium, die Linke an Lanze; neben ihm steht Athena in Chiton, Helm und Aegis nach links, die Rechte auf Schild am Boden, die Linke an Lanze; im Feld L ΙΗ |
| Depicted Person |
Trajan (98-117 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from rear)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Cuirass (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Mars / Ares (left, standing, to the right, holding, wearing)
Helmet (worn)
Cuirass (worn)
Tunic / short chiton (worn)
Chlamys (worn)
Boots / Buskins (worn)
Parazonium (held)
Spear (held)
Minerva / Athena (right, standing, to the left, resting on, holding, wearing)
Chiton (worn)
Aegis - chestplate (worn)
Shield (as prop)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΤΡ]ΑΙΑΝ(ΟΣ) ΑΡ-Ι(ΣΤΟΣ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙΚΟΣ) [ΔΑΚΙΚ(ΟΣ)] | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in lower left field
:
L ΙΗ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4856.1 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
810
(Comparable)
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.
668
(Comparable)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
731
(Comparable)
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