Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0454 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Brustbild der Alexandria nach rechts, trägt Elephantenhaut; im Feld L Ϛ |
| Depicted Person |
Trajan (98-117 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
|
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Alexandria (in portrait, wearing)
Elephant skin cap (worn)
Chiton (worn)
Chlamys (worn)
|
| 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 field
:
L - Ϛ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4154 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
383
(Comparable: Legende ohne Punkte)
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
X-316
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
645
(Comparable: Legende ohne Punkte)
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.
454
(This sample)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
25
|
|
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
70f.
|
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