EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Obol (19mm, 4.77 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 108/9). Laureate head right / Eagle standing left, head right, with wings displayed; L IB (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; RPC III 4351.1 (this coin); Emmett 670A.12 (R5). Glossy brown patina with traces of red. VF. Extremely rare, only this coin known to RPC.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Beast Coins, 18 October 2013. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 1155; C. Crippa FPL (1966), no. 11600.
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