Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0448 ]
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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, die Rechte erhoben, den linken Arm um Szepter (?); im Feld oben ΙϚ; im Feld links L Δ |
| 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 left field
:
L Δ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4134 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
469
(Comparable: Position der Jahreszahl geringfügig anders)
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
975
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
948
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.
448
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
228 Taf. 86, 14
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
555
(Comparable: Position der Jahreszahl geringfügig anders)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
24
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