Details
LOT 3479
Trajan AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 112/3).
[ΑΥΤ] ΤΡΑΙΑΝ C-ЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑ[ΚΙΚ], laureate bust to right, with aegis on far shoulder / Nilus reclining to left on crocodile, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left; L IϚ (date) in upper left field. RPC III, 4686.1. Very Fine. Sandy patina.(26.77gr, 35mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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