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| Nome
Coinage |
| |
| Arabia |
| Hadrian |
2544
|
A.D.
126/127
|
|
Æ
obol (4.84 gm).
|
Dattari
6205, pl. xxxv. Milne —. BMC 2.
Cologne 3380.
|
Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right.
|
Rev:
ΑΡΑΒΙΑ, female
figure standing three quarters left,
head right, holding bust of
Harpocrates (?) and thyrsus, date
L—ΙΑ to right.
|
Note: This
Lower Egyptian nome was anciently
called Supt-akhom, denoting a special
form of the god Horus as god of the
east. The principal female deity
of the nome was Sekhet, the lion-headed
war goddess. It has been argued that
the female personage depicted on
the coins is a hellenized version
of Sekhet. |
| |
| Arsinoites |
| Hadrian |
2545
|
A.D.
126/127
|
|
Æ obol
(5.09 gm).
|
Dattari
6210. Milne 1229. BMC 72. Cologne
3381-382.
|
Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right.
|
Rev:
ΑΡCΙ, Head
of Pharaoh right, wearing uraeus,
date LΙΑ to r.
|
Note: Located
in the Faiyûm, this nome was called
by the Egyptians To-se, "the land
of the lake," or Mu-ur, "the great
lake," both names referring to
the celebrated Lake Meris. Arsinoites
did not receive an independent
administration until quite late,
having originally been a dependency
of the twenty-first nome.
|
| |
2546
|
A.D.
126/127
|
|
Æ
dichalkon (2.08 gm).
|
Dattari
6212, pl. xxxv. Milne —. BMC
74. Cologne 3383-3384.
|
Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right, with
draped left shoulder.
|
Rev:
ΑΡC,
crocodile right, disc on head, date
LΙΑ in exergue.
|
Note: The
capital city of the Arsinoite nome
was Nuter-Ha-Sebek or Crocodilopolis,
after its chief deity Sebek, the
crocodile-headed god. Sebek was in
fact a form of Horus assimilated
to Ra. |
| |
| Busirites |
| Antoninus
Pius |
| 2547 |
A.D.
144/145 |
|
| Æ
drachm (25.51 gm). |
Dattari
6224, pl xxxvi. Milne —.
BMC —. Cologne —.
|
Obv:
Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right.
|
Rev:
ΒΟ—ΥCΙ—ΡΙΤ, Isis
of Busiris standing three quarters
right, holding ram and sceptre, date
L—Η across lower field.
|
Note: Busiris,
capital of this lower Egyptian nome,
was reputedly the place where Isis
buried her brother Osiris and thus
an important place of pilgrimage,
whose festivals of mourning for the
death of the god were noted for their
wild lamentations. The Egyptian name
of the town was Pa-Osiri neb tatu,
"home of Osiris, lord of Tatu. |
| |
| Coptites |
| Hadrian |
| 2548 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ
obol
(5.58 gm.) |
Dattari
6231, pl. xxxv.
Milne Supplement 1237f.
BMC 95. Cologne 3403. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
Rev: ΚΟ—ΠΤ,Geb
or Kronos standing three quarters
left, wearing horned disc, holding
dear (or antelope) and flail, date
LΙΑ to right. |
Note: The
Coptite nome in Upper Egypt took
its name from the city Coptos (the
Egyptian Kebt). Its chief god was
Khem, an ithyphallic form of Horus
who was assimilated by the Greeks
to Pan. According to Le Rouge and
Lenormant, it is Khem who is represented
by the small figure on this coin;
the identification as Kronos was
first made by Tôchon. Aelian x.23
reports that deer were venerated
in the Coptite nome. |
| |
| Cynopolites |
| Hadrian |
| 2549 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ
obol
(5.12 gm.) |
Dattari
6235, pl. xxxv. Milne Supplement 1237g.
BMC —. Cologne 3405-3406v (position
of date). |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
| Rev:
ΚΥΝΟΠ, Anubis
standing three quarters right, head
left, olding seated jackal, date LΙΑ to
right. |
Note: Another
Upper Egyptian nome, Cynopolites
was administered from a capital named
Suten-ha or, popularly, Sa-ka. Its
Greek name Cynopolis was probably
inspired by a Coptic form. Anubis
was the principal god of the nome,
and he is depicted here with his
usual sacred animal, the jackal. |
| |
| Diospolis
Magna |
| Hadrian |
| 2550 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ
obol (5.15 gm.) |
Dattari
6239, pl. xxxv. Milne Addenda
1220v (rev. leg.). BMC 98. Cologne
3388. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
Rev:
ΔΙΟ—ΡΟΛΙ—Μ,
Helios, radiate on horseback left,
holding uraeus, date LΙΑ to
right. |
Note: The
greater Diopolite nome corresponds
to the Egyptian Uas, around the venerable
city of Thebes in Upper Egypt. It
was the center of the cult of Ammon-Ra,
who in Hellenistic times was assimilated
to Zeus as Zeus Ammon. The types
of this nome coinage reflect the
god's solar aspect. |
| |
| Diospolis
Parva |
| Hadrian |
| 2551 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
Æ obol (4.26
gm) |
Dattari
6242, pl. xxxv. Milne —.
BMC —. Cologne 3390. |
Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
Rev:
ΔΙΟΠ—Κ,
Zeus Ammon, wearing horned disc, standing
three quarters right, holding sceptre
and ram, date LΙΑ to
right. |
Note: The
letter Κ in
the legend stands for ΚΑΤΩ,
indicating a location in Lower
Egypt. Like Diospolis
Magna, Diospolis Parva was a center
of the cult of Ammon. His sacred
animal was the ram. |
| |
| Heliopolites |
| Hadrian |
| 2552 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ obol
(4.89 gm) |
Dattari
6246v (holds flail, rev. leg.). Milne
—. BMC 13. Cologne 3392-3392v
(flail). |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
Rev: ΗΛΙ—Ο—ΠΟΛ,
Helios, radiate standing three quarters
left, holding Mnevis bull and sceptre,
date LΙΑ to right. |
Note: The capital
of this Lower Egyptian nome was An,
popularly called Pa-ra, "the city
of the sun,"
whence the Greek name Heliopolis. Its
principal deity was of course the sun,
who was worshipped in several forms
including that of the black Mnevis bull,
an incarnation of Ra. |
| |
| Heracleopolites |
| Hadrian |
| 2553 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ obol
(4.51 gm) |
Dattari
6259v (LΙΑ).
Milne —. BMC —. Langlois 54v (LΙΑ).
Tôchon 49. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
Rev:
ΗΡΑ—Κ,
Heracles standing three quarters
left, holding griffin seated on wheel,
club and lion skin, date ΙΑ to
right.
|
Note: The
capital of this Upper Egyptian
nome was Khenen-su, a city important
enough
to figure in ancient Assyrian inscriptions
and in the Bible. Geographical
texts indicate that its chief deity
was
Har-sefi, the ram-headed Horus
the warrior, who the Greeks identified
with Heracles because of his bellicose
character. On the nome coinage
his distinguishing attribute is
a griffin, Akhakh, which for the
Egyptians symbolized military valor. |
| |
| Hermopolites |
| Hadrian |
| 2554 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ
obol (5.79
gm) |
Dattari
6269, pl. xxxvi. Milne
1227. BMC 84. Cologne 3399. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
| Rev:
ΕΡΜΟ, Bust of Thoth right,
wearing Atef crown, ibis right in front,
date LΙΑ above
ibis. |
Note: The
Hermopolite nome in Upper Egypt corresponded
to the ancient Egyptian Un, its capital
city being Sesun. The name Sesun,
meaning "eight," was believed to
refer to the eight gods or personified
virtues which assisted toth, whose
cult was centered at Sesun. Thoth
was the god of scribes and of the
moon, assimilated by the Greeks to
Hermes, whence the Greek name of
the nome. The ibis which appears
in the field of this coin was the
hieroglyph for the name of Thoth. |
| |
| 2555 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ
dichalkon (2.38 gm) |
Dattari
6270, pl. xxxv. Milne —. BMC 85v (LΑΙ).
Cologne 3400. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right with
draped left shoulder. |
Rev:
ΕΡΜΟ,
Cynocephalus seated right, disc on
head, date LΙΑ to
right. |
Note: The
cynocephalus was a special attribute
of Thoth, symbolizing
both celestial phenemena and the
sciences. |
| |
| Leontopolites |
| Antoninus
Pius |
| 2556 |
A.D.
144/145 |
|
| Æ
drachm (22.37 gm) |
Dattari
6285v (rev. leg.). Milne 1829. BMC
16v (rev. leg.). Cologne 3433-3434v
(rev. leg.). |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right. |
Rev:
ΛΕΟΝΤΟ—Π—ΟΛΙ—Τ,
Horus of Leontopolis standing three
quarters right, holding sceptre and
lion, date L—Η across lower field. |
| Note: Leontopolites
was a division of the ancient Lower
Egyptian nome Khent-abet, taking
its name from one of the legendary
battles of Horus in which he assumed
the form of a human-headed lion. |
| |
| Lybia |
| Hadrian |
| 2557 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ
obol (5.34 gm) |
Dattari —. Milne —, but cf. Supplement 1840b
(drachm of A. Pius). BMC — (Lybia
not represented).
Cologne 3409. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
Rev: ΛΙΒ—ΥΗ,
Sarapis (or Ammon), wearing modius, standing
facing, head left, extending right hand
(possibly holding patera) and holding
ram in left, date LΙΑ to
right. |
Note: Libya
and Mareotes were originally parts
of the ancient "western nome" of
Lower Egypt, known for its cult of
Apis. |
| |
| Lycopolites |
| Hadrian |
| 2558 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ dichalkon
(2.06 gm) |
Dattari
6290, pl. xxxv (ΑΥΚΟ in
error).
Milne —. BMC 105 (ΑΥΚΟ in
error). Cologne —. |
Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right.
|
| Rev:
ΛΥΚΟ, jackal walking
right, date L—ΙΑ across
field. |
| Note: The
Lycopolite nome in Upper Egypt corresponded
to the ancient Egyptian Atef-khent.
Its chief city was Saut, called Lycopolis
by the Greeks. Anubis, in his aspect
as guide of souls, was the chief
god of this nome, and the jackal
was his sacred animal. |
| |
| Mendesius |
| Antoninus
Pius |
| 2559 |
A.D.
144/145 |
|
| Æ drachm
(21.01 gm) |
Dattari
6307, pl. xxxvi. Milne—.
BMC 30. Cologne —. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right. |
Rev: ΜΕΝΔ—ΗCΙ—ΟC,
Mendes standing three quarters right,
holding sceptre and ram, date L—Η across
lower field. |
Note: The
capital of this Lower Egyptian
nome was Pa-bi-neb-tat, an important
city
mentioned in Assyrian inscriptions.
The principal deity was a ram headed
god who represented the living
spirit of Ra, the sun. The Egyptians
called the ram Mendes, inspiring
the Greek name for this city and
its nome. |
| |
| Menelaites |
| Antoninus
Pius |
| 2560 |
A.D.
144/145 |
|
| Æ drachm (20.57
gm) |
Dattari
6315. Milne Supplement 1840c. BMC 35.
Cologne 3435-3437. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right. |
Rev: ΜΕΝΕ—ΛΑΕΙΤ,
Harpocrates of Canopus three quarters
left, with crocodile's tail, wearing
skhent, raising right hand to lips
and holding cornucopiae, date LΗ in
exergue. |
Note: The
Menelaite nome lay east of Alexandria
in Lower Egypt, the famous town
of Canopus lying within its boundaries.
Egyptian geographical texts indicate
that its principal cults were those
of Amon, the crocodile god Sebek,
and Horus in his aspect as Har-pa-khruti
or Horus the child. The crocodile
tail suggests the assimilation
of
Harpocrates to Sebek, who was himself
a form of Horus assimilated to Ra. |
| |
| Oxyrhynchites |
| Hadrian |
| 2561 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ
obol (4.29 gm) |
Dattari
6337v (rev. leg. break). Milne Supplement
1237pv (rev. leg. break). BMC 87.
Cologne 3413. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
Rev: ΟΞ—ΥΡ, Athena
standing three quarters left, holding
Nike and bipennis, date LΙΑ to
right. |
Note: This
Upper Egyptian nome was revered as
the legendary site of the final battle
of Horus against Seth. It was governed
from a capital nemed Mert, and later
from Pamat'a-t, called Oxyrhynchus
by goddess Tefnu-t. The depiction
of Athena on the coins of the nome
suggests that Tefnu-t was assimilated
to the Greek war goddess. |
| |
| Hadrian |
| 2562 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ dichalkon
(1.88 gm) |
Dattari
6339v (rev. leg.).
Milne 1247.
BMC 89v (rounded blades). Cologne 3415. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right with draped
left shoulder. |
| Rev:
ΟΞΥΡ, bipennis,
date LΙΑ to
right. |
| |
| Antoninus
Pius |
| 2563 |
A.D.
144/145 |
|
| Æ
drachm (23.06 gm) |
Dattari
6340v (rev. leg.). Milne —. BMC 91v
(rev. leg.).
Cologne 3440-3441. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right. |
Rev:
ΟΞΥΡVΝ—Χ—ΕΙΤ,
Athena standing facing, head right,
holding bipennis and Nike, date L—Η across
lower field.
|
| |
| Pharbaetites |
| Hadrian |
| 2564 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
Æ
obol (4.58 gm) |
Dattari
6349v (rev. leg. break). Milne —.
BMC —. Cologne —. Langlois
66v (rev. leg. break). |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right. |
Rev:
ΦΑΡΒΑ—Ι,
armored fgure standing facing, head
left, wearing skhent, holding spear
and uncertain animal (bull?), date
LΙΑ to
right.
|
Note: This
Lower Egyptian nome was apparently
the site of one of Horus' victories
over Seth; thus the coins probably
depict Horus the warrior. The bull
which is his attribute, and which
appears alone on coins of small module,
is an element in the hieroglyphs
for the nome and for its capital,
Hebes or Heseb. |
| |
| Saites |
| Trajan |
| 2565 |
A.D.
109/110 |
|
| Æ
drachm (20.47 gm) |
Dattari
—, but cf. 6367 (Athena left, holding
owl, altar at feet). Milne —. BMC
53v (Athena left, rev. leg.).
Cologne —. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Trajan right, wearing
aegis. |
Rev:
CΑΙ—ΤΗC, Athena standing three quarters
right, resting on spear and shield,
date L—ΙΓ across
field.
|
Note: Sa
or Saïs,
capital of the Saïte nome in Lower
Egypt, was the center of the cult
of the warrior goddess Neith, who
was worshipped by the Lybians as
well as the Egyptians. The Greeks
assimilated Neith to Athena, the
Romans to Minerva. It is the Greco-Roman
goddess, with her familiar animal
the owl, who is depicted on the
nome coins. None of the attributes
of the Egyptian Neith find a place
in this type.
|
| |
| Thinites |
| Hadrian |
| 2566 |
A.D.
126/127 |
|
| Æ
obol (5.18 gm). |
Dattari
6397. Milne —. BMC —.
Cologne
3430. |
| Obv:
Laureate head of Hadrian right with
draped left shoulder. |
Rev:
ΘΙ—ΝΙ,
radiate figure, wearing horned disc,
standing facing, head left, holding
Elpis, date LΙΑ to
right.
|
Note: The
Upper Egyptian nome Thinites was
named for its administrative capital
Teni, called Thinis or This by
the Greeks, despite the fact that
the nome contained the important
holy city of Abydus, site of the
tomb of Osiris. Similarly, the
chief god of the nome, as named
in Egyptian geographical
lists, was the god of Teni, a solar
deity named Anhur, who
may be represented by the radiate figure
on this coin.
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