EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (33mm, 20.40 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 108/109). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; Iς (for 16 cubits) to left, L IB (date) above, crocodile below. Köln 506; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 27.175; RPC III 4312.2; Emmett 550.12. Dark green to black patina, flan flaws and some minor pitting. Near VF.
From the Stein A. Evensen Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, February 2008.