Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ ALSK_0544 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Strahlenkrone nach rechts, Aegis nach links; davor im Feld rechts Stern | Brustbild des Zeus nach rechts; im Feld L Κ |
| Depicted Person |
Trajan (98-117 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Radiant crown (worn)
Aegis - chestplate (worn)
Star
|
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Jupiter / Zeus (in portrait, wearing)
Taenia (worn)
Himation (worn)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΤΡ[ΑΙ]ΑΝ(ΟΣ) ΑΡΙ(ΣΤΟΣ) ΣΕ-Β(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΔΑΚΙΚ(ΟΣ) ΠΑΡ(ΘΙΚΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus Parthicus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram |
in lower right field
:
Stern
|
in field
:
L - Κ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4921 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
693
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.
709
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
772
|
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