EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (38mm, 24.44 g, 12h). Saite nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). AYT TPAIAN CЄ B ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder / CAITHC NOMOC, Neith-Athena standing facing, head left, holding owl left in right hand, left hand holding spear; at feet left, lighted altar; LI Γ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6367; RPC III 6406; K&G N45.4; W&G II.2a; Emmett 732.13 (R5). Red-brown patina, roughness, edge splits. Near VF. Extremely rare, only three recorded in RPC.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, 20 October 1998.
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