One of the Great Rarities in the Alexandrian Series

357, Lot: 337. Estimate $150. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. BI Drachm (16mm, 2.46 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). Laureate head right; L Γ (date) before neck / Head of Serapis right, wearing calathus. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 12.25; RPC I 5136; Emmett 76.3 (R4). Fine, lightly toned, porous. Very rare, the first ever seen by this cataloguer.