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Electronic Auction 480  11 Nov 2020
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Lot 435

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 800 USD
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (34.5mm, 19.67 g, 12h). Menelaites nome. Dated RY 14 (AD 110/111). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / MЄNЄΛ [A]ЄITHC, Harpokrates of Canopus: as a youth, nude from the waist up with the lower body of a crocodile, holding cornucopia with his left arm, right hand raised to his mouth, wearing skhent and standing left on a base or dais; L I ∆ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6311 & 11033; K&G N31.5; RPC III 6445; Emmett 751.14 (R5). Dark green to black patina with very light earthen highlights/deposits. Near VF. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives, and the authors of RPC cite only six specimens.
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