Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0551 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts; Aegis nach links, von hinten gesehen | Kaiser fährt in Elephantenquadriga nach rechts, hält Lorbeerzweig und Adlerszepter; im Feld oben rechts L ΙΔ |
| Depicted Person |
Trajan (98-117 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
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)
|
Ruler (male) (driving, standing on, to the right, holding, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Tunic / short chiton (worn)
Toga (worn)
Eagle-tipped sceptre (held)
Branch - laurel (held)
Quadriga - Elephants (as a vehicle, to the right)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(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 ΙΔ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4510.4 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
510
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
766
(Comparable: Vorderseiten-Beschreibung)
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
1020
(Comparable: Legende)
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.
551
(This sample)
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
235
(Comparable)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
622 und 621
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
32
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| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
76f.
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