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The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage
Category
EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. BI Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 12.80 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 105/6). AYT TPAIAN ΣEB ΓEPM ΔAKIK, laureate head right / Harpocrates standing left, wearing pschent, raising right finger to lips and holding cornucopia in left; to right, lotus plant; L ENATOY (date) around. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; RPC III 4183.2 (this coin, illustrated); Emmett –. Deeply toned, minor marks. VF. Unique, one of two of this type recorded in RPC, but only this coin with lotus to right. Emmett does not record any tetradrachms with Harpocrates as a reverse type; all tetradrachms for RY 9 are extremely rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Holyland Numismatics, 12 January 2009. Description
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Holyland Numismatics, 12 January 2009. Description
VF
Grade
431.44 EUR
Starting
719.06 EUR
Estimate
EUR
Realized