EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 21.17 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 (AD 110/1). VF.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 21.17 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 (AD 110/1). AVT TPAIAN CЄB ΓЄPM ∆AKIK, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Harpocrates of Heracleopolis standing facing, head left, raising right hand to mouth and holding club in left; flanking, two andro-sphinxes reclining on base, facing inward; L I Δ (date) across field. Köln 546 (same dies); Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 27.323 (this coin illustrated); RPC III 4517.1.4 (this coin); Emmett 501.14 (R5). Brown surfaces, minor pitting, cleaning marks, area of weak strike on reverse. VF. Very rare, only five recorded in RPC.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 216 (27 July 2021), lot 554; Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XII, 26 September 1990), lot 59, purchased from Fred Shore.


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