Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0560 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, drapiert | Nil fährt in Elephantenquadriga nach links, in der Rechten Ähren, die Linke hält Füllhorn; im Feld links L ΙΔ |
| 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)
|
Nile (driving, standing on, to the left, holding, wearing)
Lotus (bud) (worn)
Himation (worn)
Ear(s) of corn (held)
Cornucopia (held)
Quadriga - Elephants (as a vehicle, to the left)
|
| Legend (edited) | [ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΤΡ]ΑΙΑΝ(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 left field
:
L ΙΔ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4530 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
1007 Taf. 20
(Comparable: Legenden-Trennung)
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.
560
(This sample)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
32
|
|
Related coins
Related coins (Comparable)