EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 17.75 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 111/2). Near VF.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 17.75 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 111/2). AVT TPAIAN CЄ B ΓЄPM ∆AKIK, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder / Barge of Serapis – Galley with oars left; Serapis enthroned left, wearing kalathos, holding long scepter in his right hand; to left, Isis Pharia standing left, wearing headdress of solar disk and horns, holding sistrum in her right hand and billowing sail with both hands; to right, Demeter stands left, holding long torch in right hand and cornucopia in left; L IE (date) above. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) pl. 51, row 1, coin 6 (unnumbered) = RPC III 4612.2 = Figari & Mosconi 175 (this coin); K&G –; Emmett 594.15 (R5). Brown and green surfaces, some roughness, smoothing. Near VF. Extremely rare, the finest of four known.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, September 2006. Ex J.P. Righetti Collection (Part I, Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 12, 11 April 2003), lot 499; Giovanni Dattari (†1923) Collection.


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