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LOT 3253
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, drapery(?) on far shoulder / Isis or Euthenia standing to left, holding sceptre with right hand and cornucopia with left; in field, L I-Γ. Cf. RPC III, 4463; cf. Dattari (Savio) Suppl. Pl. 5, 81. Good Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one specimen on RPC.(22.95gr, 37mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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