EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34mm, 15.27 g, 12h). Ombite nome. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / OMBPITHC NOMOC, cuirassed Haroeris standing right, wearing solar disk with ram’s horns, holding spear and crocodile; L IE (date) to lower right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 11076 var. (rev. legend); RPC III 6311.1 = W&G p. 56, 4, pl. I, 4 (this coin); K&G 36.3 var. (bust, rev. legend); Emmett 781.13 var. (rev. legend, R4). Red-brown patina, minor deposits. Near VF. Extremely rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 217 (30 November 2021), lot 468; Classical Numismatic Auctions XXI (26 June 1992), lot 543.
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