Details
LOT 3251
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 115/6).
[AVΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ] CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, radiate bust to right, with aegis over shoulder; star in right field / Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; L Ι-Θ (date) across fields. RPC III, 4885; Dattari (Savio) 656. Near Very Fine.(13.72gr, 25mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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