Sunday, 26 May 2013

Trajan, Billon Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Milne 580

Auction HERE
Trajan
Augustus, 851 - 870 A.U.C. 
(28th January 98 – 9th August 117 A.D.)

Coin: Billon Tetradrachm

Obverse: AVT TPIAN CεB - ΓεPM ΔAKIK, laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Most likely the "Eagle, standing to the right, upon Thunderbolts" type.

Weight: 11.40 g
Diameter: 25 x 25 x 3.6 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mint: Alexandria, Year 11, 107 - 108 A.D.
Reference: Milne 580
Comment: The coin seems to have suffered from corroded bronze being stuck to it and then harshly cleaned off. Only the tail and tip of the right wing of the Eagle is visable.

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