287, Lot: 333. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Dichalkon (12mm, 1.06 g, 12h). Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4). Laureate head right / Trophy; L I Z (date) across field. Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 7246 var. (date); K&G -; Emmett 724 (r5). Fine, green patina, traces of earthen deposits. Extremely rare.

From the Greenpoint Collection, acquired from Frank Kovacs.

Struck to celebrate the conquest of Mesopotamia.