Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553Auction date: 3 January 2024
Lot number: 410

Price realized: 90 USD   (Approx. 81 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35.5mm, 24.36 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). Laureate bust right, drapery on shoulders / Trajan, holding branch and eagle-tipped scepter with his left hand, reins with right, driving quadriga right; L IB (date) above. Köln 497 var. (bust); Dattari (Savio) 473 & 475; K&G 27.188; RPC III 4294.3 corr. (bust); Emmett 459.12. Dark red-brown patina with earthen green deposits, roughness, flan split. Near VF. Very rare bust type.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection, purchased from Forum Ancient Coins, 26 March 2012.


Estimate: 100 USD