EGYPT, . Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35.5mm, 22.22 g, 12h). Herakleopolite nome. Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). AYT TPAIAN CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / HPAKΛEωΠ O ΛEITHC, Herishef-Herakles standing left, holding griffin in his outstretched right hand, club in left, lion’s skin draped over left arm; L IB (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6251 var. (rev. legend); K&G N16.2 var. (same); RPC III 6360; W&G p. 181, II.1, pl. VII, 81 corr. (rev. legend, this coin); Emmett 752.13 (R5). Brown patina with red, short flan crack, light roughness, scrape on reverse. Near VF. Extremely rare, presently unique.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, 8 December 1999. Ex Dürr & Michel (16 November 1998), lot 749.
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