Triton XXI, Lot: 47. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (37mm, 25.81 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 107/108). AVT TPAIAN C ЄB ΓЄPM ∆AKIK, laureate and draped bust right / Nike standing left, holding palm frond with her left hand, crowning trophy with a wreath in her right hand; trophy flanked by shields and spears; L IA (date) in exergue. Köln 475; Dattari (Savio) 7095 (this coin); K&G 27.102; RPC III 4229.1/6 (this coin); Emmett 543.11 (R3); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 53 (this coin). Good VF, dark brown patina with touches of green. Very rare. Exceptional condition and portrait.

From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Renzo Canavesi, Sagno, 1996. Ex Renzo Canavesi Collection (Sagno); Dr. Piero Beretta Collection (Milan); Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 7095.