Triton XVIII, Lot: 906. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 19.66 g, 12h). Dated RY 17 (AD 113/4). AVT T PAIAN CЄB ΓЄRM ΔAK[IK], laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Helios, holding a scepter over his left shoulder and raising his right hand in salute, in galloping quadriga right; winged bust of Serapis(?), facing left, above horses; [L] IZ (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6925; K&G –; Emmett –; Kellner p. 103, Abb. 14 (this coin). VF, dark green and brown patina with touches of red, edge splits, area of corrosion on the obverse. Very rare.

From the ‘AK Collection’. Reportedly ex August Voirol Collection, purchased privately from Frank Sternberg.

A fascinating type with Helios saluting a winged bust of Serapis. Many references either do not describe the type, or have a different attribution for the winged bust above the horses (i.e. Eos flying left in a biga per Kellner). While the Kellner attribution certainly makes sense (Helios, the sun, flying toward Eos, the dawn), a survey of the few known examples seems to support this cataloger’s identification. A high-grade example would be needed to identify the type with any certainty.