Description: Egypt, Alexandria, Trajan (98 - 117 AD). AE Drachm, dated RY 12 (108/9 AD). AVT TPAIAN CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAKIK; laureate head right with drapery on left shoulder / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, L IB (date) above, crocodile below.

Diameter: AE33 mm

Weight: 20,58 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: RPC III 4312.2; Emmett 550.12

Commentary:

History: Nilus was one of 3,000 Oceanids - children of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.

Article Number: 062-07-04-44493