Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0504 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz und bloßer Brust nach rechts, Aegis nach links | Nike fährt in Biga nach rechts, Pferde galoppieren, 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: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Aegis - chestplate (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) ΤΡ]ΑΙΑΝ(ΟΣ) ΣΕ-Β(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
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References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4308.5 | |
| 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.
504
(This sample)
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