Egypt. Alexandria. Trajan AD 98-117. Tetradrachm. (Silver, 24.00 mm, 12.78 g). Regnal Year 19 = AD 115/6. ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΡΙ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ ΠΑΡ Radiate bust of Trajan to right with aegis on left shoulder; star to right. Rev. L Ι - Θ Draped bust of Nilus to right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds and cornucopia at shoulder. Dattari-Savio 6865. Geissen 687-8. K&G 27.625 corr. (star not noted). RPC III 4890, 11. Emmett 387. Good Very Fine. From the Trausnitz collection. Ex Hirsch 272, 4 May 2011, 560 and Hirsch 269, 23 September 2010, 2782. Ex Nomos Obolos 23, 12th June 2022, lot 657. Tetradrachm of excellent conservation with old collection patina. Realistic and impressive portray of the old emperor displayed in his penultimate regnal year. On the reverse, the naked and bearded bust of Nilus, of excellent style, is accompanied by his canonical symbols: taenia with lotus flowers, cornucopia and a papyrus branch emerging behind his shoulders