Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0478 ]
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Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Paludamentum auf linker Schulter | Nil fährt in Nilpferdbiga nach rechts, hält in der Rechten Schilfrohr, in der Linken Füllhorn; im Feld oben rechts L ΙΑ |
| Depicted Person |
Trajan (98-117 AD)
(
Augustus
)
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- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Nile (driving, standing on, to the right, holding, wearing)
Lotus (bud) (worn)
Himation (worn)
Reed (papyrus) (held)
Cornucopia (held)
Biga - Hippopotami (as a vehicle, to the right)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝ(ΟΣ) ΣΕ-Β(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΔΑ[ΚΙΚ(ΟΣ)] | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in upper right field
:
L ΙΑ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4244.1 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
998f.
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.
478
(This sample)
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