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458549. Sold For $575

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 25.46 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 (AD 150/151). TAV AIΛ T K T VACVЄB [B]ЄC CONINωTNA (all retrograde), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Griffin, as Nemesis, seated right with forepaw on wheel; L I ∆ (date) across field. Köln 1658 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 3122 var. (placement of date); K&G 35.513 var. (obv. legend); Emmett 1524.14; Kellner p. 113, pl. 8, Abb. 12 (this coin). VF, attractive dark brown surfaces. The obverse legend is both completely retrograde and blundered.


Ex A.K. Collection, purchased from Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1973 (reportedly ex Niggeler collection).