EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35mm, 22.88 g, 1h). Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3). VF.

Triton XXIX – Session 5
Lot: 5667. Estimated: $ 300

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Bronze

Sold For $ 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35mm, 22.88 g, 1h). Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Dionysos, holding a thyrsos, reclining left in a biga drawn by two panthers, each looking in opposite directions; L Iϛ (date) above. Köln 601; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 27.492; RPC III 4662.2 (this coin); Emmett 442.16 (R3). Brown patina with green deposits, flan flaws. VF. Extremely rare, only three recorded in RPC.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Brian Kritt, September 1997. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 32; Classical Numismatic Auctions 7 (4 May 1989), lot 174.


Closing Date and Time: 21 January 2026 at 13:42:00 ET.



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