Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0503 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts | Nike fährt in Biga nach rechts, hält in der Rechten Kranz, in der Linken Zügel und Palmzweig; 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)
|
Victoria / Nike (driving, standing on, to the right, holding, wearing)
Chiton (worn)
Peplos (worn)
Laurel wreath (held)
Branch - palm (held)
Biga - Horses (as a vehicle, to the right)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝ(ΟΣ) ΣΕΒ·(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 4308.1 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
438
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
945
(Comparable: Legenden-Trennung)
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
988
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.
503
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
233
(Comparable: Legenden-Trennung und Rückseiten-Darstellung nach links)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
593 Taf. 3
(Comparable: Aegis)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
29
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