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Lot # 317
Egypt. Alexandria. Trajan, 98-117. Drachm (Bronze, 34.29 mm, 24.39 g). Dated RY 17 (= 113/4). ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ Laureate half-length nude bust of Trajan right, with aegis on left shoulder. Rev. Demeter standing right, holding torch, Euthenia seated left, holding torch and ears of corn; between, (small figure of Harpocrates (?) and column surmounted by kalathos on serpents); [L ΙΖ] (date). Geissen -. Dattari-Savio 6991 (this coin). RPC III, 4786.3. Emmett 438. Brown patina, minor roughness, otherwise, Very Fine. Rare. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection 6991. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. 41, 24.06.2018, lot 319. This drachm reverse of illustrious origin, recalls that of n. 61(of this collection) issued in the same year, though here Eutheria is sitting. Demeter, the goddess of nature and crop and Eutheria the goddess of prosperity, cooperate for the harvest success.