Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0487 ]
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Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Paludamentum | Apis-Stier steht nach links, vor ihm Altar in Kandelaberform; im Feld oben L ΙΒ |
| Depicted Person |
Trajan (98-117 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Apis bull (standing, to the left, wearing)
Disc (worn)
Altar - Egyptian (left)
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| Legend (edited) | ΑΥ-Τ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝ(ΟΣ) Σ-ΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΔΑΚΙΚ(ΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in upper field
:
L ΙΒ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4343 | |
| Reference Literature |
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.
487
(This sample)
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