EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 19.73 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). VF.

CNG Feature Auction 132
Lot: 675. Estimated: $ 500

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 19.73 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). AYT TPAIAN CЄB Γ[ЄPM ΔAKIK], laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Nilus reclining left on crocodile climbing rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; at feet left, Euthenia kneeling right, holding grain ears; above left, genius and nilometer; L IB (date) across field. Unpublished. Brown patina, some roughness and deposits, smoothing. VF. Unique. This reverse type with the combination of Nilus, Euthenia, crocodile, and genius with the nilometer is not known for any emperor.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 6 December 1997.

Nilus with the nilometer first appears under the reign of Trajan and was a common motif on his drachms. It disappears until a couple of rare drachms of Caracalla and becomes a common theme again on the tetradrachms of Elagabalus, typically depicted with multiple genii.

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