EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35.5mm, 24.36 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). Near VF.

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Roman Provincial, Bronze

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35.5mm, 24.36 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). Laureate bust right, drapery on shoulders / Trajan, holding branch and eagle-tipped scepter with his left hand, reins with right, driving quadriga right; L IB (date) above. Köln 497 var. (bust); Dattari (Savio) 473 & 475; K&G 27.188; RPC III 4294.3 corr. (bust); Emmett 459.12. Dark red-brown patina with earthen green deposits, roughness, flan split. Near VF. Very rare bust type.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection, purchased from Forum Ancient Coins, 26 March 2012.


Closing Date and Time: 3 January 2024 at 12:16:20 ET.

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