EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (32mm, 19.50 g, 11h). Dated RY 15 (AD 111/112).

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Lot: 307. Estimated: $ 300

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (32mm, 19.50 g, 11h). Dated RY 15 (AD 111/112). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Harpokrates of Canopus: as a youth, nude from the waist up with the lower body of a crocodile, holding cornucopia with his left arm, right hand raised to his mouth, wearing skhent and standing left on a garlanded base or dais; lit altar to left; L I E (date) across field. Köln 3454; Dattari (Savio) 7050; K&G 27.399 (this coin illustrated); RPC III 4613.2; Emmett 500.15. Brown patina with traces of green and red. In NGC encapsulation, 4884131-006, graded Ch F(star). Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.

Ex Morris (Phil Peck) Collection (Heritage 61151, 26 January 2020), lot 97065; Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XII, 26 September 1990), lot 60.


Closing Date and Time: 26 May 2021 at 11:42:00 ET.

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