EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 26.84 g, 12h). Herakleopolite nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). AYT TPAIAN C Є B ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / HPAKΛEωΠ O ΛEITHC, young Harsomtous-Herakles standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos with lotus flower, right hand to mouth, holding club topped with hawk in left hand; L IΓ (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 10943; RPC III 6464.7 (this coin); K&G N16.6; W&G II.2c; Emmett 749.13 (R4). Red and brown patina, a few small pits and deposits, flan crack. VF. Rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Kovacs MBS XI (19 June 1993), lot 211.
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