Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0437 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Agathodaimon-Schlange nach rechts, trägt Skhent, umschlingt links Caduceus und rechts Ähre; im Abschnitt L Α |
| Depicted Person |
Trajan (98-117 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Serpent - Agathodaimon (to the right, holding, wearing)
Pschent (worn)
Caduceus (held)
Ear(s) of corn (held)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) · ΚΑΙΣ(ΑΡ) ΝΕΡ(ΟΥΑΣ) - ΤΡΑΙΑΝ(ΟΣ) ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙΚΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in exegue
:
L Α
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4123 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
1170
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
940
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.
437
(This sample)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
547
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
24
|
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| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
67f.
|
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