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Lot # 299
Egypt. Alexandria. Trajan, 98-117. Drachm (Bronze, 36.63 mm, 27.67 g). Dated RY 4 (= 100/1). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ Laureate bust right, wearing aegis. Rev. Tyche standing facing, head left, holding a rudder with her right hand and a cornucopia with her left; L - Δ (date) across field. Geissen -. Dattari (Savio) 1044 (this coin). RPC III, 4135 (this coin illustrates the type, n° 7). Emmett 605. SNG France 1027. Well struck, splendid portrait with an attractive light brown patina with some green. Nearly Extremely Fine. Very rare. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, 1044. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Fall mail bid sale XXV, 18.10.1990, lot 2373.