Lot description:
Trajan Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 = AD 112/3. ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, laureate half-length bust to right, aegis on far shoulder / ЄΙΡΗΝΗ ΚΑΙ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, Eirene standing to right, holding grain ears and clasping hands with Homonoia standing to left, holding double cornucopiae; L ΙϚ (date) between. RPC III 4715.5; Dattari (Savio) 7006; Emmett 450. 15.36g, 35mm, 12h.
Very Fine; tooled.
Unusually this reverse bears a legend naming the deities depicted. Normally it is only the regnal year of the emperor which is indicated on the reverse.
Estimate: 50 GBP | |