Details
LOT 3254
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 111/112).
ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate bust to right, with drapery on far shoulder / Trajan, holding sceptre and branch, driving quadriga of elephants to right; L IE (date) above. RPC III, 4605.2; Dattari (Savio) 6936. Near Very Fine. Rare.(26.15gr, 33mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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