EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 25.61 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 111/2).

CNG Feature Auction 120
Lot: 672. Estimated: $ 3 000

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 2 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 25.61 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 111/2). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Elpis standing right, holding a lotus blossom with her right hand and raising a fold of her skirt with her left, facing Harpocrates of Mendes seated left, wearing calathus, and holding scepter and club; L IE (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 7022 (this coin); K&G 27.393 var. (Elpis standing left); RPC III 4600/3 (this coin); Emmett 505.15 (R5). Dark brown patina with traces of green. Good VF. Extremely rare type.

Ex Günther Schlüter Collection (Chairman of the German Numismatic Society from 1975-1977), acquired from the Tyll Kroha coin cabinet in Köln, 1972; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 7022.


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