Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0444 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Nil ruht nach links auf Krokodil, in der Linken Schilfrohr, in der Rechten Füllhorn mit darauf sitzendem Genius; im Feld oben ΙϚ; im Abschnitt L Β |
| 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 (underlying, held)
Genius (seated on, holding)
Sceptre (held)
Crocodile (underlying, to the right)
|
| 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 upper field
:
ΙϚ
|
in upper field
:
ΙϚ
in exegue
:
L Β
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4127 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
467
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
973
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.
444
(This sample)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
551
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
24
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| Commentary | Die Zahl ΙϚ markiert die optimale Höhe der Nilflut. | |
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