EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (35mm, 24.70 g, 12h). Xoite nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). AYT TPAIAN CЄ B ΓЄPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder / [Ξ]OI THC, Zeus Ammon-Ra standing facing, head left, wearing solar disk and ram’s horns, holding long scepter in left hand, and ram in extended right hand; L IΓ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6400; RPC III 6429; K&G 52.6; W&G –; Emmett 741.13 (var. legend - R5); Curtis, “The Coinage of Roman Egypt: A Survey” (reprinted from The Numismatist, January-August 1956), pl. XLIV (this coin’s reverse illustrated, there attributed to the Ombite nome). Dark green patina, slight roughness, edge flaw. VF. Extremely rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, 20 July 2004.
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