

Egypt. Alexandria. Trajan, 98-117. Drachm (Bronze, 34.20 mm, 23.94 g) dated RY 15 (= 111-112) ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ Laureate bust of Traianus right, wearing aegis on the left shoulder. Rev. Nemesis winged advancing right on a laying to right uncertain figure, raising and bending backwards the right leg with the right hand, holding wheel vertical at ground with the left hand, LI E (date) across fields. RPC III, 4620. Emmett 602. Dattari-Savio 1062 (this specimen). Milne - . Nice light-brown tone. Good Very Fine.
Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection 1062, Il Cairo. Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica. Ex Spink Taisei Numismatics Ltd. Auction, 16.11.1994, lot 819.
Splendid and very rare drachm from the renowned Dattari collection. The divine Nemesis-Demeter winged and clothed in the act of taking flight, holds with the left the wheel of destiny. It is perhaps an image of sowing, the second of the three seasons of the cycle of fertility of lands washed by the Nile, together with the hope of a particularly fruitful year. Excellent preservation and distribution of the original glossy brown patina.