Egypt. Alexandria. Trajan, 98-117. Drachm (Bronze, 34.71 mm, 22.64 g). Dated RY 17 (= 112/3). ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ Laureate half length bust right, wearing aegis. Rev. Column topped by modius and flanked by agathodaemon serpents with pshent crowns; LI-Ϛ (date) above across field. Cf. Dattari-Savio 7231 (date in exergue) & Dattari 1110. RPC III, 4741.2 (this coin). Cf. Emmett 396. Brown patina with some exposed surfaces due to cleaning showing porosity, otherwise, Very Fine. Rare.

Ex Tom Buggey Collection. Ex HLT Collection. Ex CNG Electronic Auction 87, lot 905. Ex Agora Auctions 75, 10.07.2018, lot 249.

This drachm reverse represents an auspicious scene for harvesting crops grown in fertilized land by flooding of the Nile: this is demonstrated by the abundance of crops that protrude from the modius on the column and by the two winged beneficial snakes which generally pull the air chariot, driven by Triptolemus while spreading seeds on the fields or the one carring kalathos. (see No. 316 of the collection).