EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (29mm, 20.69 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 109/110).

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Lot: 220. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (29mm, 20.69 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 109/110). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Egyptian sphinx with Uraeus tail standing right on [serpent], wearing composite crown and crocodile pectoral plate; on its back, griffin(?) standing rightl; L IΓ (date) above. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 1180 & Suppl. Pl. 7, no. 127; K&G 27.271; RPC 4432.2; Emmet 599.13 (R5 = Dattari 1180). Brown and green patina with touches of red, roughness, a few cleaning marks. Near Fine. Extremely rare. This coin appears to have a griffin standing right on the sphinx’s back, which may just be an artifact (extra metal, encrustation, etc.), but if correct, would make it an unpublished type.

Ex Naville Numismatics 32 (18 June 2017), lot 244 (where it was sold as being the Dattari coin in the Savio Supplement, Pl. 7, no. 127, but it is not).


Closing Date and Time: 29 July 2020 at 11:13:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.