Naville Numismatics Ltd.
Auction 36 3 Dec 2017
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Egypt, Xoite. Dattari. Trajan, 98-117 Drachm circa, 35.5mm., 21.23g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Young Amon-Ra standing, facing, head l., wearing crown with feathers, half naked, holding long sceptre in l. hand, and ram, r., in r. hand; ram, l., at her feet in l. field. RPC 6427.2 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 307, 11063 (this coin).
Apparntly the second specimen knonw and the only on in private hands. Attractive bronw tone, Good Very Fine/Very Fine.
From the Dattari-Collection.
Amon was one of the most important Egyptian deity of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad, the eight primordial deities worshipped in Hermopolis. He dethroned the principal deity of Thebes Mothu, and after the rebellion against the Hyksos, and with the reign of Ahmose I, his importance spread to the whole Egypt, in fact, he was combined with the god Ra as Amon- Ra: who was linked to the earlier god Atum. He was addressed as "The Self-created One" and "King of the Gods" who had created the world. As Amon Ra the god has two main aspects such as his invisibility that is the wind that can only be felt, and the Sun that shines and irradiates everything with his light.
Apparntly the second specimen knonw and the only on in private hands. Attractive bronw tone, Good Very Fine/Very Fine.
From the Dattari-Collection.
Amon was one of the most important Egyptian deity of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad, the eight primordial deities worshipped in Hermopolis. He dethroned the principal deity of Thebes Mothu, and after the rebellion against the Hyksos, and with the reign of Ahmose I, his importance spread to the whole Egypt, in fact, he was combined with the god Ra as Amon- Ra: who was linked to the earlier god Atum. He was addressed as "The Self-created One" and "King of the Gods" who had created the world. As Amon Ra the god has two main aspects such as his invisibility that is the wind that can only be felt, and the Sun that shines and irradiates everything with his light.