Egypt. Alexandria. Trajan, 98-117. Drachm (Bronze, 35.35 mm, 25.32 g). Dated RY 18 (= 114/5). ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. The Emperor, laureate-headed, in military dress standing left, holding patera and sceptre; to left altar, to right Nike advancing left, raising arm and holding wreath and palm-branch; L-IH (date) in left field. RPC 4862.1.6 (this coin). Dattari-Savio 6951 & Dattari 791. Emmett 478. Geissen 673. Rough brown and green patina. Very Fine. Ex Heidelberger Münzhandlung 20, 22-24.05.1997, lot 235. The drachm belongs to the last years of Trajan’s alexandrian issues. It impressively celebrates on reverse the glory of the victorious ruler who brought to the maximum the territorial extension of the Roman Empire.