Alexandria: Trajan (98-117 AD) [ AL_0663 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Kopf des Trajan mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, davor im Feld rechts Stern | Brustbild des Nil nach rechts, hinter rechter Schulter Füllhorn; im Feld L ΙΗ |
| Depicted Person |
Trajan (98-117 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Star
|
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Nile (in portrait, wearing)
Lotus (bud) (worn)
Taenia (worn)
Himation (worn)
Cornucopia (left)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝ(ΟΣ) ΑΡΙ(ΣΤΟΣ) - ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) ΓΕΡΜ(ΑΝΙΚΟΣ) ΔΑΚΙΚ(ΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in field
:
L Ι-Η
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | RPC III 4851 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
670
(Comparable: Position der Jahreszahl)
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.
663
(This sample)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
729
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
37
|
|
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
65f.
|
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