1974.27.60: Coin of Alexandria under Trajan
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1974.27.60
- People
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Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Alexandria under Trajan
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 112-113 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/195918
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.45 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Date on Object
- Year 16
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: AYT TPAIAN CεB ΓεPM ΔAKIK
- Reverse Inscription: L Iς
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RPC III 4672
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, A Gift to the Museum from Arthur W. Arundel through the Harvard Fund Council, Class of 1951
- Accession Year
- 1974
- Object Number
- 1974.27.60
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Laureate bust of Trajan r.
Rev.:Harpocrates of Canopus with crocodile body, standing on basis, l., raising finger to lips and holding cornucopia.
Verification Level
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