Egypt. Alexandria. Trajan, 98-117. Diobol (Bronze, 23.95 mm, 6.61 g). RY 18 = AD 114/5. ΑVΤ TPAIAN C ЄB ΓЄPM ΔAKIK Laureate head right. Rev. Osiris canopic jar to right; in field, date, LI – H. Emmett 649 (5). Very rare. Dark green patina with significant light deposits in recesses and fields. Flan somewhat ragged-edged. Very fine. Emmett frequency 5. From the Tom Buggey Collection. Ex Agora Auctions, Sale 75, 10.07.2018, lot 244. The slight striking fault does not affect the sharp images of this rare and splendid Trajan’s diobol. On the obverse we admire a very realistic portrait of the elderly emperor while on the reverse emerges from the exhibition the ritual canopus of Osiris with the atef crown on his head, placed over a pillow. The Isis and Osiris canopic jars held water from the Nile, were carried in procession to numerous locations in Egypt and there used in the rites of adoration and blessing of the sacred river.