Trajan Issue for the Mareotes Nome

389, Lot: 498. Estimate $750. Sold for $1287. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (32mm, 15.74 g, 12h). Mareotes nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / [MAPE] O I THC, Ammon-Ra, wearing atef crown, standing left, holding ram and scepter; L IΓ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6291 var. (ram standing left at Ammon’s feet) & 10996 var. (same); K&G 28.2 var. (same); RPC III 6449 var. (same); Emmett 798.13 (R5). Fine, dark green and brown patina with patches of red, minor roughness. Extremely rare.

From the H. Mitchell Collection. Ex Greenpoint Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 91, 19 September 2012), lot 725, purchased from Wayne G. Sayles.