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Trajan Issue for the Hermopolites Nome

389, Lot: 497. Estimate $500.
Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35mm, 21.62 g, 12h). Hermopolites nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / ΕΡΜ ΟΠΟ Λ Ι ΤΗC around inner side of, arch supported by two pillars; within, Hermes-Thoth standing left, holding purse and caduceus; L IΓ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6268; K&G N18.4; RPC III 6282; Emmett 756.13 (R4). Near Fine, smooth reddish-brown surfaces, some light scratches. Very rare.


From the H. Mitchell Collection.